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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionsThe Tragedy of American Diplomacyby William Appleman Williams
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:This incisive interpretation of American foreign policy ranks as a classic in American thought. First published in 1959, the book offered an analysis of the wellsprings of American foreign policy that shed light on the tensions of the Cold War and the deeper impulses leading to the American intervention in Vietnam. William Appleman Williams brilliantly explores the ways in which ideology and political economy intertwined over time to propel American expansion and empire in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The powerful relevance of Williams's interpretation to world politics has only been strengthened by recent events in Central Asia and the Persian Gulf. Williams allows us to see that the interests and beliefs that once sent American troops into Texas and California, or Latin America and East Asia, also propelled American forces into Iraq.
Synopsis:"A brilliant book on foreign affairs."--Adolf A. Berle Jr., New York Times Book Review
Synopsis:One of the first modern historians to integrate economic realities into the study of American foreign policy, William Appleman Williams has been a diplomatic historian of major influence since the first publication of The Tragedy of American Diplomacy.
Synopsis:In this pioneering book, "the man who has really put the counter-tradition together in its modern form" (Saturday Review) examines the profound contradictions between America's ideals and its uses of its vast power, from the Open Door Notes of 1898 to the Bay of Pigs and the Vietnam War.
About the AuthorWilliam Appleman Williamswas a distinguished professor of American history at Oregon State University and the University of Wisconsin.Andrew J. Bacevichis a professor of international relations and history at Boston University.Lloyd C. Gardneris the Charles and Mary Beard Professor of History at Rutgers University.
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