A sense of power :: the roots of America's global role /
Why has the United States assumed so extensive and costly a role in world affairs over the last hundred years? The two most common answers to this question are "because it could" and "because it had to." Neither answer will do, according to this challenging re-assessment of the w...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Why has the United States assumed so extensive and costly a role in world affairs over the last hundred years? The two most common answers to this question are "because it could" and "because it had to." Neither answer will do, according to this challenging re-assessment of the way that America came to assume its global role. The country's vast economic resources gave it the country's vast economic resources gave it the capacity to exercise great influence abroad, but Americans were long reluctant to meet the costs of wielding that power. Neither the country's safety from foreign attack nor its economic well-being required the achievement of ambitious foreign policy objectives. In A Sense of Power, John A. Thompson takes a long view of America's dramatic rise as a world power, from the late nineteenth century into the post-World War II era. How, and more importantly why, has America come to play such a dominant role in world affairs? There is, he argues, no simple answer. Thompson challenges conventional explanations of America's involvement in World War I and World War II, seeing neither the requirements of national security nor economic interests as determining. He shows how American leaders from Wilson to Truman developed an ever more capacious understanding of the national interest, and why by the 1940s most Americans came to support the price tag, in blood and treasure, attached to strenuous efforts to shape the world. The beliefs and emotions that led them to do so reflected distinctive aspects of U.S. culture, not least the strength of ties to Europe. Consciousness of the nation's unique power fostered feelings of responsibility, entitlement, and aspiration among the people and leaders of the United States. This original analysis challenges some widely held beliefs about the determinants of United States foreign policy and will bring new insight to contemporary debates about whether the nation should - or must - play so active a part in world politics. -- from dust jacket |
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| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781501701788 1501701789 |
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| spelling | Thompson, John A. (John Alexander), 1938- author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83053237 A sense of power : the roots of America's global role / John A. Thompson. Ithaca and London : Cornell University Press, 2015. 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier data file Includes bibliographical references and index. A new sense of power -- Advance and retreat, 1914-1920 -- A restrained superpower, 1920-1938 -- Lessening restraint, 1938-1941 -- Full-scale involvement, 1941-1945 -- Assuming "the responsibilities of power," 1945-1952. Why has the United States assumed so extensive and costly a role in world affairs over the last hundred years? The two most common answers to this question are "because it could" and "because it had to." Neither answer will do, according to this challenging re-assessment of the way that America came to assume its global role. The country's vast economic resources gave it the country's vast economic resources gave it the capacity to exercise great influence abroad, but Americans were long reluctant to meet the costs of wielding that power. Neither the country's safety from foreign attack nor its economic well-being required the achievement of ambitious foreign policy objectives. In A Sense of Power, John A. Thompson takes a long view of America's dramatic rise as a world power, from the late nineteenth century into the post-World War II era. How, and more importantly why, has America come to play such a dominant role in world affairs? There is, he argues, no simple answer. Thompson challenges conventional explanations of America's involvement in World War I and World War II, seeing neither the requirements of national security nor economic interests as determining. He shows how American leaders from Wilson to Truman developed an ever more capacious understanding of the national interest, and why by the 1940s most Americans came to support the price tag, in blood and treasure, attached to strenuous efforts to shape the world. The beliefs and emotions that led them to do so reflected distinctive aspects of U.S. culture, not least the strength of ties to Europe. Consciousness of the nation's unique power fostered feelings of responsibility, entitlement, and aspiration among the people and leaders of the United States. This original analysis challenges some widely held beliefs about the determinants of United States foreign policy and will bring new insight to contemporary debates about whether the nation should - or must - play so active a part in world politics. -- from dust jacket Power (Social sciences) United States History 20th century. Politics and war United States History 20th century. Intervention (International law) History 20th century. Great powers. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057001 World politics 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148221 United States Foreign relations 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140089 Politique et guerre États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle. Intervention (Droit international) Histoire 20e siècle. Grandes puissances. Politique mondiale 20e siècle. États-Unis Relations extérieures 20e siècle. POLITICAL SCIENCE Government International. bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE International Relations General. bisacsh HISTORY United States 20th Century. bisacsh Diplomatic relations fast Great powers fast Intervention (International law) fast Politics and war fast Power (Social sciences) fast World politics fast United States fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq 1900-1999 fast History fast Print version: Thompson, John A. (John Alexander), 1938- Sense of power 9780801447891 (DLC) 2015010884 (OCoLC)905419530 |
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| title_full | A sense of power : the roots of America's global role / John A. Thompson. |
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