The Anglosphere refers to a community of English-speaking states, nations, and societies centered on Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, which has profoundly influenced the direction of world history and fascinated countless observers. This book argues that the origins of the Anglosphere are racial. Drawing on theories of collective identity-formation and framing, the book develops a new framework for analyzing foreign policy, which it then evaluates in case studies related to fin-de-siècle imperialism (1894-1903), the ill-fated Pacific Pact (1950-1), the Suez crisis (1956), the Vietnam escalation (1964-5), and the run-up to the Iraq war (2002-3). Each case study highlights the contestations over state and empire, race and nation, and liberal internationalism and anti-Americanism, taking into consideration how they shaped international conflict and cooperation. In reconstructing the history of the Anglosphere, the book engages directly with the most recent debates in international relations scholarship and American foreign policy
Author(s): Srdjan Vucetic
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 272
City: Stanford
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
1 What Is the Anglosphere?
2 Empire, Venezuela, and the “Great Rapprochement”
3 ANZUS, Britain, and the “Pacific Pact”
4 Suez, Vietnam, and the “Great and Powerful Friends”
5 Empire, Iraq, and the “Coalition of the Willing”
6 The Anglosphere and Its Limits
Appendix: Note on Primary Sources
Notes
References
Bibliography
Index
