What America Owes the World: The Struggle for the Soul of Foreign Policy
"Brands's keen sense of intellectual evolution and knack for vivid summary...[are] enhanced by a judicious use of quotations from his principals. The writing is unfailingly clear, often lyrical....students of foreign policy should count themselves lucky to have What America Owes the World at hand."   Adam Garfinkle, New York Times Book Review"[This] book tells even the most learned historian of United States Foreign relations something new and worthwhile about commentaries on the American role in the world in the years since 1861."    Robert D. Schulzinger, The Journal Of American History"...vigorous, informal, and eminently readable prose, sparse footnoting, and an admirable focus on handful of principal theme....confidently and intelligently guided tour through a gallery of interesting and important thinkers."    Journal of Economic History"...this is a valuable contribution to the intellectual history of American foreign policy for upper-division undergraduates and above."    Choice"...this book is a welcome addition to the literature and should find a place on the reading lists of all who endeavor to teach the intellectual history of American foreign policy formulation."    William C. Widenor, The Historian"...a competent, clearly written, succinct summary of the arguements and anxieties of many opinion shapers in the history of American foreign relations.    Larry Grubbs, Southern Historian