Weber (political science, U. of California at Berkeley) and Jentleson (public policy and political science, Duke U.) call for an end to American arrogance in the conduct of its foreign policy and what they see as a corresponding and contingent goal of increasing American influence. They argue that the end of arrogance would entail a forward-looking perspective that recognizes the following: mutuality in world affairs and that the US should not try to dictate the rules, that the legitimacy of institutions in many global settings depends on meeting human needs as much or more than on formal processes, and a reinvigoration of purpose over power in addressing American and global needs. Over the course of the work they elaborate on these core ideas in more detail concerning primarily long range, rather than short term, issues of foreign policy. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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