Promise and Peril : America at the Dawn of a Global Age.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780674061187
- 327.73
- E744
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: The Ostrich and the Eagle -- 1. New World Power -- 2. A Better Nation Morally -- 3. Toward a Transnational America -- 4. The Powerful Mediating Neutral -- 5. Voices of the People -- 6. The Irreconcilables -- 7. New Internationalism -- Conclusion: The Intricate Balance -- Strains of Isolationism -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Spreading democracy abroad or protecting business at home: this book offers a new look at the history of the contest between isolationism and internationalism that is as current as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and as old as America itself, with profiles of the people, policies, and events that shaped the debate.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
There are no comments on this title.