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The Tragedy of American Diplomacy » (50th Anniversary Edition)

Authors: William Appleman Williams, Andrew Bacevich (Afterword), Lloyd Gardner
ISBN-13: 9780393334746, ISBN-10: 0393334740
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Date Published: April 2009
Edition: 50th Anniversary Edition

William Appleman Williams was a distinguished professor of American history at the University of Wisconsin.

Andrew J. Bacevich is a professor of international relations and history at Boston University.

Lloyd C. Gardner is the Charles and Mary Beard Professor of History at Rutgers University.

“A brilliant book on foreign affairs.”—Adolf A. Berle Jr., New York Times Book Review

	Introduction: History and the Transcendence of the Tragic	viii
Chapter 1	Imperial Anticolonialism	18
I	The Transformation of the Expansionist Outlook
II	The Crisis of the 1890s and the Turn to Imperialism
Chapter 2	The Imperialism of Idealism	58
Chapter 3	The Rising Tide of Revolution	90
Chapter 4	The Legend of Isolationism	108
I	A Great Debate Over the Tactics of Empire
II	The Internationalization of Business
Chapter 5	The War for the American Frontier	162
Chapter 6	The Nightmare of Depression and the Vision of Omnipotence	202
I	Roosevelt and Stalin Confront the Dilemmas of Victory
II	The Open Door Policy and the Onset of the Cold War
III	A New Vision of Omnipotence and A Misreading of History Prompt the United States to Overplay Its Hand
IV	The Diplomacy of the Vicious Circle
Chapter 7	The Impotence of Nuclear Supremacy	276
Chapter 8	The Terrifying Momentum Toward Disaster	294
	Conclusion: The Wisdom of an Open Door for Revolutions	306
	"The Tragedy of American Diplomacy": Twenty-five Years After	313