Thomas A. Breslin

The Great Anglo-Celtic Divide in the History of American Foreign Relations (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Positing that presidents shape America's foreign policy according to their ethnic heritage, this intriguing volume examines two groups that have dominated the presidency and the distinctly different agendas that have resulted. How is American foreign policy determined? The Great Anglo-Celtic Divide in the History of American Foreign Relations approaches that question from a fascinating perspective, arguing that, to a large extent, the answer lies in the ethnicity of the president. To make its point, this book examines the key foreign policies of American presidents from George Washington to George W. Bush and shows how their most important foreign policy decisions have tended to follow an ethnic pattern. The presidency has been dominated by Americans from English or Celtic backgrounds since the nation's founding, and as readers will discover, the foreign policies of the two groups have been very different. To document those differences, this book analyzes seven alternating periods of political domination by Anglo-Americans and Celtic-Americans, demonstrating how the cycle of change affected the shape and distinguishing characteristics of U.S. foreign policy in matters of war and peace and in relations with other countries.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216091721
• Artikelnr.: 70037618

Autorenporträt

THOMAS A. BRESLIN is Vice President for Research and Associate Professor of International Relations at Florida International University. Professor Breslin has published three earlier books and numerous articles in scholarly journals.

Inhaltsangabe

Series Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 The Bi-Cultural
Roots of American Foreign Policy Chapter 2 Rum versus Whiskey: The
Faithless First Anglo-American Republic, the Break with France, and the
Persecution of the Alien Irish Chapter 3 Cavaliers and Irish: An Alliance
Renewed in America Chapter 4 The Rapacious First Celtic-American Republic:
The Age of Jackson Chapter 5 From the Mexican War to the Brink of Civil War
Chapter 6 The Crusading Second Anglo-American Republic: Puritan
Counterattack and Global Ambitions Chapter 7 Confronting the English
Cousins Chapter 8 The Second Celtic-American Republic: McKinley's
Anti-Catholic Crusade Chapter 9 Bullies in the Pulpit: Foreign Warfare
under the Celts from Theodore Roosevelt to Wilson Chapter 10 "Normalcy":
The Grand Plan of the Third Anglo-American Republic and the Global Pursuit
of Raw Materials Chapter 11 The Age of Terror: The Third Celtic-American
Republic: Truman's Presidency and the Birth of the Cold War Chapter 12
German-American Interlude: Eisenhower's Legacy of Fear and Ashes Chapter
13 From Brink to Bog to Helicopter Chapter 14 War Drums: Carter and Reagan
Chapter 15 The Fourth Anglo-American Republic: Oil and Petrodollar Wars
Chapter 16 Virginia Cassidy's Son: An Irish-American Interlude Chapter 17
The Prodigal Son: Bush Junior and the Second Oil and Petrodollar War
Bibliography Index