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No Clear And Present Danger: A Skeptical View Of The UNited States Entry Into World War II
Bruce M. Russett
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paperback. First published at the height of the Vietnam War, this book argues that America's involvement in the conflict arose substantially from an over-confident and unilateral interpretation of history, and that the mistake is one from which lessons can still be learned. Num Pages: 112 pages, map, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBWQ; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 165.
From the Preface to the Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition:This was a controversial book, and likely remains so., The world 25 years later looks quite different. With the end of the Cold War, the United States is now the world's only superpower. If this country cannot shape the international system and bring peace and stability to much of the world, surely no other state can. Yet the will to a broadly internationalist foreign policy cannot currently be found in the United States. The near-consensus that ranged across foreign policy elites before the Vietnam War has never been restored. Maybe that's just ... Read more
From the Preface to the Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition:This was a controversial book, and likely remains so., The world 25 years later looks quite different. With the end of the Cold War, the United States is now the world's only superpower. If this country cannot shape the international system and bring peace and stability to much of the world, surely no other state can. Yet the will to a broadly internationalist foreign policy cannot currently be found in the United States. The near-consensus that ranged across foreign policy elites before the Vietnam War has never been restored. Maybe that's just ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Westview Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780813331959
SKU
V9780813331959
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About Bruce M. Russett
Bruce M. Russett is Dean Acheson Professor of International Relations and Political Science and the director of United Nations studies at Yale University. He is the editor of the Journal of Conflict Resolution.
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