An edition of The tragedy of American diplomacy (1959)

The tragedy of American diplomacy

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William Appleman Williams
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An edition of The tragedy of American diplomacy (1959)

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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co.
Language
English
Pages
328

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Cover of: The tragedy of American diplomacy
The tragedy of American diplomacy
2009, W.W. Norton & Co.
in English - 50th anniversary ed.
Cover of: The tragedy of American diplomacy
The tragedy of American diplomacy
1991, W.W. Norton
in English
Cover of: The Tragedy of American Diplomacy
The Tragedy of American Diplomacy
August 1988, W. W. Norton & Company
in English
Cover of: The tragedy of American diplomacy
The tragedy of American diplomacy
1984, Norton
in English - New ed.
Cover of: The tragedy of American diplomacy.
The tragedy of American diplomacy.
1972, Delta
in English - 2nd rev. and enlarged ed.
Cover of: The tragedy of American diplomacy
The tragedy of American diplomacy
1972, Dell Pub. Co.
in English - 2d rev. and enl. ed.
Cover of: The tragedy of American diplomacy.
Cover of: The tragedy of American diplomacy.
The tragedy of American diplomacy.
1962, Dell Pub.Co.
in English - Rev. and enl. ed.
Cover of: The tragedy of American diplomacy.
Cover of: The tragedy of American diplomacy.
The tragedy of American diplomacy.
1959, World Pub. Co.
in English - [1st ed.]

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Table of 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.

Edition Notes

Originally published: Cleveland : World Pub. Co., c1959.

Includes bibliographical references.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
327.73009/04
Library of Congress
E744 .W56 2009, E744.W56 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
328

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23079646M
ISBN 13
9780393334746
LCCN
2009004324
OCLC/WorldCat
286487081
Library Thing
398172
Goodreads
6557660

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