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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826340703321

Autore

Jablon Howard

Titolo

Crossroads of decision : the State Department and foreign policy, 1933-1937 / / Howard Jablon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1983

©1983

ISBN

0-8131-3143-X

0-8131-4840-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

353.0089

Soggetti

United States Foreign relations 1933-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 The Economics of an Old Deal; 2 Recognition of the Soviet Union; 3 Recognizing Others: Cuba and Liberia; 4 Open and Closed Doors: The Far East; 5 Collective Security ; 6 The Response to Neutrality Legislation; 7 Neutrality and the Italian- Ethiopian War; 8 Beyond Neutrality to Noninterference: The Spanish Civil War; 9 A Final Appraisal; Epilogue ; Notes ; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; i; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

In this provocative interpretation of New Deal diplomacy, Howard Jablon challenges the view that the State Department was wiser and more expert at international maneuver than was President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the early years of his presidency. These were years of growing world tension, with the preliminary shots of World War II being fired as Japan took over Manchuria, Italy made Ethiopia an extension of its new Roman Empire, and all the European great powers tried out their new weaponry in Spain. The author argues that the department's advice in this period actually led to unfortunate de