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The turkey and the eagle [[electronic resource] ] : the struggle for America's global role / / Caleb Stewart Rossiter



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Autore: Rossiter Caleb S Visualizza persona
Titolo: The turkey and the eagle [[electronic resource] ] : the struggle for America's global role / / Caleb Stewart Rossiter Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : Algora Pub., c2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (675 p.)
Disciplina: 327.73009/04
Soggetto geografico: United States Foreign relations 1945-1989
United States Foreign relations 1989-
United States Foreign relations Philosophy
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Lessons from the past -- pt. 2. Noble distractions -- pt. 3. Reforms and revolutions.
Sommario/riassunto: In 1784 Benjamin Franklin advocated choosing the industrious, home-loving wild turkey rather than the thieving, wide-ranging bald eagle as the symbol of the United States. Franklin lost that debate, and since then advocates of cooperation as America's global role have been similarly losing their struggle with advocates of U.S. domination. The author recounts that struggle, with particular emphasis on the past 30 years, which he spent working in and around Congress with groups opposed to U.S. support for repressive yet ""friendly"" regimes. He then proposes electoral reforms and a revolution in
Titolo autorizzato: The turkey and the eagle  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-87586-800-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910465681003321
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