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The Will to Believe
Ross A. Kennedy
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Description for The Will to Believe
Hardcover. After World War II, Woodrow Wilson and his contemporaries engaged in a wide-ranging debate about the fundamental character of American national security in the modern world. This book examines that debate offering a detailed analysis of how US political leaders and opinion makers conceptualized and pursued national security from 1914 to 1920. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps, illustrations, notes, index, biblio. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
In many ways, Woodrow Wilson and the era of World War I cast a deeper shadow over contemporary foreign policy debates than more recent events, such as the Cold War. More so than after World War II, Wilson and his contemporaries engaged in a wide-ranging debate about the fundamental character of American national security in the modern world. ""The Will to Believe"" is the first book that examines that debate in full, offering a detailed analysis of how U.S. political leaders and opinion makers conceptualized and pursued national security from 1914 to 1920.Based on extensive research gleaned from public documents, ... Read more
In many ways, Woodrow Wilson and the era of World War I cast a deeper shadow over contemporary foreign policy debates than more recent events, such as the Cold War. More so than after World War II, Wilson and his contemporaries engaged in a wide-ranging debate about the fundamental character of American national security in the modern world. ""The Will to Believe"" is the first book that examines that debate in full, offering a detailed analysis of how U.S. political leaders and opinion makers conceptualized and pursued national security from 1914 to 1920.Based on extensive research gleaned from public documents, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Kent State University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Kent, OH, United States
ISBN
9780873389716
SKU
V9780873389716
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About Ross A. Kennedy
Ross A. Kennedy received his Ph.D. in history from the University of California at Berkeley. He has taught at the Johns Hopkins University - Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies and is currently assistant professor of history at Illinois State University. He lives in Bloomington, Illinois, with his wife and two daughters
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