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Wilsonian Century : U. S. Foreign Policy Since 1900 by Frank Ninkovich (1999, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
ISBN-100226586480
ISBN-139780226586489
eBay Product ID (ePID)1150046
Product Key Features
Number of Pages330 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameWilsonian Century : U. S. Foreign Policy since 1900
SubjectUnited States / 20th Century, International Relations / General, Presidents & Heads of State
Publication Year1999
TypeTextbook
AuthorFrank Ninkovich
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight20.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN98-014219
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal327.73
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Introduction: Interests versus Interpretation in U.S. Diplomatic History 1. The Emergence of Normal Internationalism, 1900-1913 2. The Great War: Wilsonianism as Crisis Internationalism 3. The 1920s: Normal Internationalism as Utopia 4. The 1930s and World War II: The Crossroads of Modern Internationalism 5. The Cold War Crisis and the Normalization of Wilsonianism 6. Wilsonianism at Work: Credibility Crises of the 1950s and 1960s 7. The Vietnam Era and the Dilemmas of Wilsonianism 8. Ideological Renewal and Exhaustion: Stumbling to the Finish Line of the Cold War Conclusion: The Return of Normal Internationalism and the End of the Wilsonian Century Notes Index
SynopsisFor most of this century, American foreign policy was guided by a set of assumptions that were formulated during World War I by President Woodrow Wilson. In this incisive reexamination, Frank Ninkovich argues that the Wilsonian outlook, far from being a crusading, idealistic doctrine, was reactive, practical, and grounded in fear. Wilson and his successors believed it absolutely essential to guard against world war or global domination, with the underlying aim of safeguarding and nurturing political harmony and commercial cooperation among the great powers. As the world entered a period of unprecedented turbulence, Wilsonianism became a "crisis internationalism" dedicated to preserving the benign vision of "normal internationalism" with which the United States entered the twentieth century. In the process of describing Wilson's legacy, Ninkovich reinterprets most of the twentieth century's main foreign policy developments. He views the 1920s, for example, not as an isolationist period but as a reversion to Taft's Dollar Diplomacy. The Cold War, with its faraway military interventions, illustrates Wilsonian America's preoccupation with achieving a cohesive world opinion and its abandonment of traditional, regional conceptions of national interest. The Wilsonian Century offers a striking alternative to traditional interest-based interpretations of U.S. foreign policy. In revising the usual view of Wilson's contribution, Ninkovich shows the extraordinary degree to which Wilsonian ideas guided American policy through a century of conflict and tension. "[A] succinct but sweeping survey of American foreign relations from Theodore Roosevelt to Bill Clinton. . . . [A] thought-provoking book."--Richard V. Damms, History "[W]orthy of sharing shelf space with George F. Kennan, William Appleman Williams, and other major foreign policy theorists."-- Library Journal, For most of this century, American foreign policy was guided by a set of assumptions that were formulated during World War I by President Woodrow Wilson. In this incisive reexamination, Frank Ninkovich argues that the Wilsonian outlook, far from being a crusading, idealistic doctrine, was reactive, practical, and grounded in fear. Wilson and his successors believed it absolutely essential to guard against world war or global domination, with the underlying aim of safeguarding and nurturing political harmony and commercial cooperation among the great powers. As the world entered a period of unprecedented turbulence, Wilsonianism became a "crisis internationalism" dedicated to preserving the benign vision of "normal internationalism" with which the United States entered the twentieth century. In the process of describing Wilson's legacy, Ninkovich reinterprets most of the twentieth century's main foreign policy developments. He views the 1920s, for example, not as an isolationist period but as a reversion to Taft's Dollar Diplomacy. The Cold War, with its faraway military interventions, illustrates Wilsonian America's preoccupation with achieving a cohesive world opinion and its abandonment of traditional, regional conceptions of national interest. "The Wilsonian Century" offers a striking alternative to traditional interest-based interpretations of U.S. foreign policy. In revising the usual view of Wilson's contribution, Ninkovich shows the extraordinary degree to which Wilsonian ideas guided American policy through a century of conflict and tension. " A] succinct but sweeping survey of American foreign relations from Theodore Roosevelt to Bill Clinton. . . . A] thought-provoking book." Richard V. Damms, "History" " W]orthy of sharing shelf space with George F. Kennan, William Appleman Williams, and other major foreign policy theorists." "Library Journal""
LC Classification NumberE744.N545 1999
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