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The tragedy of American diplomacy
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Title
The tragedy of American diplomacy / William Appleman Williams.
ISBN
9780393334746 (pbk.)
0393334740 (pbk.)
Edition
50th anniversary ed.
Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2009.
Physical Description
xvii, 328 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes
Originally published: Cleveland : World Pub. Co., c1959.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 10, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-328).
Contents
Introduction: History and the transcendence of the tragic
Imperial anticolonialism
The transformation of the expansionist outlook
The crisis of the 1890s and the turn to imperialism
The imperialism of idealism
The rising tide of revolution
The legend of isolationism
A great debate over the tactics of empire
The internationalization of business
The war for the American frontier
The nightmare of Depression and the vision of omnipotence
Roosevelt and Stalin confront the dilemmas of victory
The open door policy and the onset of the Cold War
A new vision of omnipotence and a misreading of history prompt the United States to overplay its hand
The diplomacy of the vicious circle
The impotence of nuclear supremacy
The terrifying momentum toward disaster
Conclusion: The wisdom of an open door for revolutions
Afterword: Tragedy renewed / by Andrew J. Bacevich.
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