American Foreign Policy and Its Thinkers: Analysis of Empire and Capital

Perry Anderson's analysis traces the development of U.S. foreign policy and imperial reach from the closing stages of the Second World War through the Cold War to the War on Terror. The work examines the ideas of acknowledged grand strategists and non-conformist foreign policy analysts, charting the entwined development of America's global role with its function as a guarantor of capital. The dataset likely contains the textual analysis from this historical and political study.

Use Cases

• Textual analysis of foreign policy discourse based on the described close reading of grand strategists.
• Historical trend analysis of U.S. imperial ideology based on the traced development from WWII to the War on Terror.
• Studying the relationship between capital and state power based on the analysis of America's role as a guarantor of capital.

Strengths

• Analysis is authored by a known scholar, Perry Anderson.
• Covers a long historical period from WWII to the War on Terror.
• Examines both mainstream and non-conformist analytical perspectives.

Limitations

• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is under a closed license, restricting reuse and redistribution.

Provenance

Source

Perry Anderson

Collection Method

Likely a compilation and analysis of historical texts and policy documents.

Time Range

Mid-20th century to early 21st century (WWII to War on Terror).

Geography

Primarily United States, with global implications.