Research Catalog

Title

The tragedy of American diplomacy / William Appleman Williams.

Author

Williams, William Appleman.

Publication

New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2009.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Gardner, Lloyd C., 1934-
• Bacevich, Andrew J.

Description

xvii, 328 p.; 21 cm.

Summary

An examination of U.S. foreign policy during the 1950s and 1960s that sheds light on the tensions of the Cold War and the impulses that led to U.S. involvement in Vietnam. -- Back cover.

Subject

• 1900-1999
• United States > Foreign relations > 20th century

Note

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

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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.)

LCCN

^^2009004324

OCLC

• 286487081
• SCSB-12871101

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library