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1、FRANCISFUKUYAMAAuthorofTheEndofHistoryandtheLostMonAMERICANCROSSROADSDEMOCRACY.POWER,ANDNEOCONSERVATIVELEGACY$25.00rancisFukuyama'scriticismoftheIraqwarputhimatoddswithneo-FconservativefriendsbothwithinandoutsidetheBushadministration.Hereheexplainshow,initsdecisiontoinvadeIraq,theBushad
2、ministrationfailedinitssteward•shipofAmericanforeignpolicy.First,thead•ministrationwronglymadepreventivewarthecentraltenetofitsforeignpolicy.Inaddition,itbadlymisjudgedtheglobalreactiontoitsexerciseof"benevolenthegemony."Andfinal•ly,itfailedtoappreciatethedifficultiesin•volvedinlarge-sc
3、alesocialengineering,grosslyunderestimatingthedifficultiesinvolvedinestab•lishingasuccessfuldemocraticgovernmentinIraq.FukuyamaexploresthecontentionbytheBushadministration'scriticsthatithadaneo-conservativeagendathatdictateditsforeignpolicyduringthepresident'sfirstterm.Provid•ingafascin
4、atinghistoryofthevariedstrandsofneoconservativethoughtsincethe1930s,Fukuyamaarguesthatthemovement'slegacyisacomplexonethatcanbeinterpretedquitedifferentlythanitwasaftertheendoftheColdWar.AnalyzingtheBushadministration'smis•calculationsinrespondingtothepost-Septem•ber11challenge,Fukuyama
5、proposesanewapproachtoAmericanforeignpolicythroughwhichsuchmistakesmightbeturnedaround-oneinwhichthepositiveaspectsoftheneo-conservativelegacyarejoinedwithamorerealisticviewofthewayAmericanpowercanbeusedaroundtheworld.FrancisFukuyamaisBernardL.SchwartzProfessorofInternationalPoliticalEc
6、onomyanddirectoroftheInternationalDevelopmentProgramattheSchoolofAdvancedInterna•tionalStudies,JohnsHopkinsUniversity.Hehaswrittenwidelyonpoliticalandeconomicdevelopment,andhispreviousbooksincludeTheEndofHistoryandtheLastMan,abestsellerandthewinneroftheLosAngelesTimesBookPrize.CASTLELEC
7、TURESERIESPrintedintheU.S.A."FrancisFukuyamaheregivesthemostlucidandknowledgeableaccountoftheneoconservativevisionofAmerica'splaceandroleinworldaffairs,andwhereithasoverreacheddisastrously.HeargueseffectivelyforanAmericanforeignpolicymoreawareofthelimitsofAmericanpower,lessdepe