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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783360603321

Autore

Dallek Robert

Titolo

Franklin D. Roosevelt and American foreign policy, 1932-1945 [[electronic resource] ] : with a new afterword / / Robert Dallek

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1995

ISBN

0-19-771318-1

0-19-982666-8

1-280-60019-5

0-19-535705-1

1-60256-049-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (686 p.)

Disciplina

327.73

Soggetti

International relations

United States Foreign relations 1933-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in 1979"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 633-642) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; PROLOGUE: An American Internationalist; 1 First Things First; 2 The Diplomacy of Hope; 3 ... and Nationalism; 4 Farewell to Internationalism; 5 Muddling Through; 6 Standing Still; 7 Gestures; 8 Limited Influence; 9 The Reluctant Neutral; 10 Conflict and Compromise; 11 The Tortuous Road to War; 12 The Struggle for Unity; 13 Balancing Needs; 14 Alliance Politics; 15 1944: Victories and Doubts; 16 Will There Be Peace?; EPILOGUE: Roosevelt as Foreign Policy Leader; Afterword 1995; A Note on Sources and Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

When Tom Gosset's Race: The History of an Idea in America appeared more than a generation ago, it explored the impact of race theory on literature in a way that anticipated the entire current scholarly discourse on the subject. Though it has gone out of print, it has never been rendered obsolete. Its reprinting is a boon to younger scholars in particular who are unfamiliar with its rich presentation of fact and its clear, efficient analysis, from which so much later theorizing has developed. With a new afterword by and about the author, and an introduction by series editors Arnold Rampersad an