Failed imagination? : the Anglo-American New World Order from Wilson to Bush / / Andrew Williams

• Autore: Williams Andrew
• Pubblicazione: Manchester, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Manchester University Press, , 2007; [Place of distribution not identified] : , : Palgrave, , [date of distribution not identified]; ©2007
• Edizione: Second edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (358 pages)
• Disciplina: 909.82
• Soggetto topico: World politics - 20th century; International relations - History - 20th century; International relations
• Soggetto non controllato: Allied relationships; Anglo-American new world order; First World War; George W. Bush; League of Nations; Second World War; Theodore Roosevelt; Treaty of Versailles; Versailles Conference; global security
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface to the second edition -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The imagining of the Versailles NWO, 1914-19 -- 2 The Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles, 1919 -- 3 The United States and the planning of an American NWO, 1939-44 -- 4 The 'first follower' and Roosevelt's NOW -- 5 Joint Allied proposals for a NOW -- 6 International organisation, global security and the NOW -- 7 The economic element of the NWO project -- 8 Self-determination and the NOW -- Conclusion -- Select bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The main purpose of this book is to explain how (mainly) American, but also British and other Western, policy makers have planned and largely managed to create an international order in their own image, the so-called 'New World Order'. It shows how this seismic shift in international relations has developed through the major global wars of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It uses a wide variety of historical archival material to give the background to the current and historical American obsession with creating the world order, one that both reflects the American national interest but also can be said to have established the major security, economic, organisational and normative pillars of our epoch. In addition it provides excellent background reading for the current debate about American foreign policy and the origins of 'neo-conservatism' in international relations. This edition updates a very successful first edition of the title, with additional material to take into account changes in the global order since 2001 and the beginning of the 'War on Terror'.
• Titolo autorizzato: Failed imagination
• ISBN: 0-7190-9513-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810833103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II