This timely collection of essays offers one of the first serious efforts to assess the record of American foreign policy over the course of the twentieth century. The essays comprise the work of political scientists as well as historians, conservatives as well as liberals, foreign scholars as well as Americans. Taking off from Henry Luce's vision of an "American century," the authors discuss such important topics as the American conception of the national interest, the tension between democracy and capitalism, the U. S. role in both the developed and underdeveloped worlds, party politics and foreign policy, the significance of race in American foreign relations, and the cultural impact of American diplomacy on the world at large. The result is a lively collection of essays by authors who often disagree but who nonetheless provide the reader with keen insights about the past and provocative views of the future.
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This collection of essays assesses the record of American foreign policy during the twentieth century. The authors discuss key topics ranging from the American conception of the national interest to the cultural impact of American diplomacy on the world at large.
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How can we not be somewhat bothered today by Henry Luce's confident assertion on the ever of America's entry into World War II that the expansion of American power and the consolidation of an "American Century" were sure to contribute to the well-being of all humanity? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
independent internationalism, prosperity argument, consuming women, last superpower, big foundations, racialist thinking Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Soviet Union, Third World, Ford Foundation, Latin America, United Nations, Marshall Plan, Woodrow Wilson, East Asia, Henry Luce, Monroe Doctrine, South Korea, Korean War, Great Britain, North Korea, Stone Papers, Chapel Hill, Dean Acheson, South Africa, South Vietnam, Truman Doctrine, Western Hemisphere, League of Nations, State Department, Central America New!
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How can we not be somewhat bothered today by Henry Luce's confident assertion on the ever of America's entry into World War II that the expansion of American power and the consolidation of an "American Century" were sure to contribute to the well-being of all humanity? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
independent internationalism, prosperity argument, consuming women, last superpower, big foundations, racialist thinking Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Soviet Union, Third World, Ford Foundation, Latin America, United Nations, Marshall Plan, Woodrow Wilson, East Asia, Henry Luce, Monroe Doctrine, South Korea, Korean War, Great Britain, North Korea, Stone Papers, Chapel Hill, Dean Acheson, South Africa, South Vietnam, Truman Doctrine, Western Hemisphere, League of Nations, State Department, Central America New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Seducing the French: The Dilemma of Americanization by Richard F. Kuisel on 5 pages
- Coca-Colonization and the Cold War: The Cultural Mission of the United States in Austria After the Second World War by Reinhold Wagnleitner on page 417, page 453, and page 466
- Not Like Us: How Europeans Have Loved, Hated, And Transformed American Culture Since World War II by Richard Pells on page 67, page 382, and page 453
- A Cross of Iron: Harry S. Truman and the Origins of the National Security State, 1945-1954 by Michael J. Hogan on page 364, page 374, and Back Cover
- Visions of Modernity: American Business and the Modernization of Germany by Mary Nolan on page 379, page 453, and page 455
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