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Author Williams, William Appleman.
Title The tragedy of American diplomacy / William Appleman Williams.
Publication Info New York ; London : W.W. Norton & Co., c2009.
Edition 50th anniversary ed.


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Descript xvii, 328 p. ; 21 cm.
Edition 50th anniversary ed.
Note Originally published: Cleveland : World Pub. Co., c1959.
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.
ISBN 9780393334746 (pbk.)
0393334740 (pbk.)
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Author Williams, William Appleman.
Subject United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.
Descript xvii, 328 p. ; 21 cm.
Edition 50th anniversary ed.
Note Originally published: Cleveland : World Pub. Co., c1959.
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.
ISBN 9780393334746 (pbk.)
0393334740 (pbk.)
Author Williams, William Appleman.
Subject United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.
LOCATION SHELVED AT LOAN TYPE STATUS
 BJL 4th Floor  E 744 W7  8 WEEK LOAN  AVAILABLE

Subject United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.
Descript xvii, 328 p. ; 21 cm.
Note Originally published: Cleveland : World Pub. Co., c1959.
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.
ISBN 9780393334746 (pbk.)
0393334740 (pbk.)
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