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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 327.73009 EAN: 9780895261595 Edition: Updated ISBN: 0895261596 Label: Regnery Publishing, Inc. Manufacturer: Regnery Publishing, Inc. Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 300 Publication Date: April 25, 2002 Publisher: Regnery Publishing, Inc. Studio: Regnery Publishing, Inc. Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: Anyone who has caught Pat Buchanan's television appearances, or heard his campaign rhetoric, will be surprised at his relatively evenhanded and thoughtful tone as he writes--often quite persuasively--in favor of the restoration of the political, military, and economic independence that largely drove U.S. foreign policy in the 19th century. At the heart of A Republic, Not an Empire is a well-written history of U.S. foreign policy beginning with the end of the American Revolution, going through the First and Second World Wars, Vietnam, and the end of the cold war, up to the superpower's involvement in the Persian Gulf and the former Yugoslavia. This section is bookended by, essentially, two very long op-ed pieces that lay out Buchanan's view of U.S. foreign policy: American interests should determine all foreign-policy decisions. The twin foreign-policy goals of interventionism and free trade that seem to drive the Clinton administration's foreign policy are, Buchanan argues, the same pursuits "that brought the British Empire to ruin." Empires fall, he reminds us, through war and too many foreign commitments. With the end of the cold war, he suggests, U.S. foreign policy has become chaotic, driven by special interests; the sum of U.S. global commitments has become greater than the country's ability to defend them. In the end, A Republic, Not an Empire proposes, the only country the United States can completely rely on and trust is itself. --Linda Killian Product Description: All but predicting the September 11 attacks, Pat Buchanan warns that America is inviting terrorist attacks and conflict by engaging in an interventionist foreign policy that is costly, dangerous, and does not serve our own interests. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A Republic, Not an EmpireI've never been a fan of Pat Buchanan, but I still tried to read this book with an open mind. I believe history should be written by historians, which Buchanan is not, and he lives up to my reasons for why I believe this to be true. Given the title of the book, it would have been beneficial to define what exactly is a republic and what is an empire. Since Buchanan does not do this, we are at the mercy of his opinions. I suppose any dummy can regurgitate dates and events, but that ... Read More Rating:  - Someone who reads history....A sobering reminder of the original ideals behind America's founding, and how far we've strayed. Writing long before our current GWOT travails, Buchanan was the Cassandra of our time.... Rating: - Well written, eloquent, and insightfulThe purpose here is to "revisit the history of American foreign policy, its successes, triumphs, and failures". From that we can "expose the myths and identify the true traditions". Well written, eloquent, and insightful. Although labeled an isolationist, Buchanan would not see us weakened militarily. He delivers a bold history lesson of our presidents and the nations foreign affairs; the domestic policy is all but ignored. He has been proven right on future scenarios, but has been ... Read More Rating: - Right on the MarkA good title, but State of Emergency is just as solid. Read them both. Rating: - Read the bad reviews...You have only to read the bad reviews to know why you should buy this book immediately! 
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