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" United States foreign policy in the interwar period, 1918-1941 : "
Benjamin D. Rhodes.
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BL
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1010515
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b764885
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Rhodes, Benjamin D.
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United States foreign policy in the interwar period, 1918-1941 : : the golden age of American diplomatic and military complacency /\ Benjamin D. Rhodes.
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Westport, Conn. :: Praeger,, 2001.
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Praeger studies of foreign policies of the great powers,
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1 online resource (230 pages)
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0313075514
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: 9780313075513
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0275948250
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9780275948252
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-224) and index.
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| Contents
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1. United States Foreign Policy in the Interwar Period: A Historiographical Overview; 2. Wilson and Democratic Peacemaking: A Tragic Beginning to the Interwar Era; 3. Harding, Hughes, and Republican Moral Diplomacy; 4. Foreign Policy Under Coolidge and Kellogg: A Relative Bed of Roses; 5. Foreign Policy Under Hoover and Stimson: A Bed of Pain; 6. Early New Deal Foreign Policy: The Limits of Improvisation; 7. The Good Neighbor Policy: A Bipartisan Accomplishment; 8. Congressional Neutrality: Roosevelt, the British, and Bankers as Performing Circus Animals.
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This study presents an in-depth survey of the principal policies and personalities of American diplomacy of the era, together with a discussion of recent historiography in the field. For two decades between the two world wars, America pursued a foreign policy course that was, according to Rhodes, shortsighted and self-centered. Believing World War I had been an aberration, Americans na^Dively signed disarmament treaties and a pact renouncing war, while eschewing such inconveniences as enforcement machinery or participation in international organizations. Smug moral superiority, a penurious des.
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Statesmen-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
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Außenpolitik
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Diplomatic relations-- Historiography.
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Diplomatic relations.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- International Relations-- General.
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Statesmen.
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Buitenlandse politiek.
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United States, Foreign relations, 20th century, Historiography.
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United States, Foreign relations, 20th century.
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United States, History, Military, 20th century.
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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327.73
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E744.R49 2001eb
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15.85bcl
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