Ebook: The Tragedy of American Diplomacy
Author: Williams William Appleman
- Tags: Außenpolitik, Diplomatic relations, Diplomatische Beziehungen, United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century, United States, USA
- Year: 2009
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- City: United States;USA
- Edition: 50th Anniversary Edition
- Language: English
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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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