John A Thompson

A Sense of Power

The Roots of America's Global Role

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Produktbeschreibung

John A. Thompson is Emeritus Reader in American History at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of Reformers and War: American Progressive Publicists and the First World War and Woodrow Wilson: A Profile in Power.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 663g
• ISBN-13: 9780801447891
• ISBN-10: 0801447895
• Artikelnr.: 42993194

Autorenporträt

John A. Thompson

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Problem
Power as an Explanation
Security as an Explanation
Economic Interests as an Explanation
Missionary Ideology as an Explanation
Seeking an AnswerChapter 1. A New Sense of Power
The Expansion of Foreign Policy
The Limits of Expansion
Explaining the Limitations
The Sense of PowerChapter 2. Advance and Retreat, 1914-1920
The European War and American Opinion
Wilson's Initial Policy
The Impact of the U-Boat
Increasing Involvement and Commitments
Going to War
Fighting the War and Preparing for Peace
The Limits of Power: The Paris Peace Conference
The Failure to Join the League of NationsChapter 3. A Restrained
Superpower, 1920-1938
The Character of U.S. Foreign Policy in the 1920s
The Apogee of IsolationismChapter 4. Lessening Restraint, 1938-1941
The Erosion of Neutrality
The Impact of the Fall of France
Explaining the Move toward InvolvementChapter 5. Full-Scale Involvement,
1941-1945
Wielding Global Power
The Discrediting of "Isolationism"
What Kind of Internationalism?Chapter 6. Assuming "the Responsibilities of
Power," 1945-1952
The Commitment to Western Europe
Doing More with MoreConclusionNotes
Index