X
feed icon rss

Your email was sent successfully. Check your inbox.

An error occurred while sending the email. Please try again.

Proceed reservation?

Export
Filter
Type of Medium
Language
Region
Library
Years
Person/Organisation
Keywords
Access
  • 1
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    A sense of power : the roots of America's global role (2015)
    Ithaca, New York ; : Cornell University Press,
    Details
    UID:
    almafu_9960011179802883
    Format: 1 online resource (360 p.)
    ISBN: 1-5017-0177-0 , 1-5017-0178-9
    Content: Why has the United States assumed so extensive and costly a role in world affairs over the last hundred years? The two most common answers to this question are "because it could" and "because it had to." Neither answer will do, according to this challenging re-assessment of the way that America came to assume its global role. The country's vast economic resources gave it the capacity to exercise great influence abroad, but Americans were long reluctant to meet the costs of wielding that power. Neither the country's safety from foreign attack nor its economic well-being required the achievement of ambitious foreign policy objectives. A Sense of Power, John A. Thompson takes a long view of America's dramatic rise as a world power, from the late nineteenth century into the post-World War II era. How, and more importantly why, has America come to play such a dominant role in world affairs? There is, he argues, no simple answer. Thompson challenges conventional explanations of America's involvement in World War I and World War II, seeing neither the requirements of national security nor economic interests as determining. He shows how American leaders from Wilson to Truman developed an ever more capacious understanding of the national interest, and why by the 1940's most Americans came to support the price tag, in blood and treasure, attached to strenuous efforts to shape the world. The beliefs and emotions that led them to do so reflected distinctive aspects of U.S. culture, not least the strength of ties to Europe. Consciousness of the nation's unique power fostered feelings of responsibility, entitlement, and aspiration among the people and leaders of the United States. This original analysis challenges some widely held beliefs about the determinants of United States foreign policy and will bring new insight to contemporary debates about whether the nation should-or must-play so active a part in world politics.
    Note: Includes index. , Front matter -- , Contents -- , Preface -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction: THE PROBLEM -- , 1. A NEW SENSE OF POWER -- , 2. ADVANCE AND RETREAT, 1914-1920 -- , 3. A RESTRAINED SUPERPOWER, 1920-1938 -- , 4. LESSENING RESTRAINT, 1938-1941 -- , 5. FULL-SCALE INVOLVEMENT, 1941-1945 -- , 6. ASSUMING "THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF POWER," 1945-1952 -- , Conclusion -- , Notes -- , Index , Issued also in print. , English
    Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8014-4789-5
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books.
    DOI: 10.7591/9781501701788
    URL: Click to View
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
    Online Resource
    Open Access Request
    HU Berlin
    FU Berlin
  • 2
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    A Sense of Power : The Roots of America's World Role (2015)
    Ithaca : Cornell University Press
    Details
    UID:
    gbv_844797502
    Format: Online-Ressource (360 p)
    ISBN: 9780801447891
    Content: In A Sense of Power, John A. Thompson takes a long view of America's dramatic rise as a world power, from the late nineteenth century into the post-World War II era.
    Content: A SENSE OF POWER -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Problem -- Power as an Explanation -- Security as an Explanation -- Economic Interests as an Explanation -- Missionary Ideology as an Explanation -- Seeking an Answer -- 1. A New Sense of Power -- The Expansion of U.S. Foreign Policy -- The Limits of Expansion -- Explaining the Limitations -- The Sense of Power -- 2. Advance and Retreat, 1914-1920 -- The European War and American Opinion -- Wilson's Initial Policy -- The Impact of the U-Boat -- Increasing Involvement and Commitments -- Going to War -- Fighting the War and Preparing for Peace -- The Limits of Power: The Paris Peace Conference -- The Failure to Join the League of Nations -- 3. A Restrained Superpower, 1920-1938 -- The Character of U.S. Foreign Policy in the 1920s -- The Apogee of Isolationism -- 4. Lessening Restraint, 1938-1941 -- The Erosion of Neutrality -- The Impact of the Fall of France -- Explaining the Move toward Involvement -- 5. Full-Scale Involvement, 1941-1945 -- Wielding Global Power -- The Discrediting of "Isolationism" -- What Kind of Internationalism? -- 6. Assuming "the Responsibilities of Power," 1945-1952 -- The Commitment to Western Europe -- Doing More with More -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.
    Note: Description based upon print version of record , A SENSE OF POWER; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Problem ; Power as an Explanation ; Security as an Explanation ; Economic Interests as an Explanation ; Missionary Ideology as an Explanation ; Seeking an Answer ; 1. A New Sense of Power ; The Expansion of U.S. Foreign Policy , The Limits of Expansion Explaining the Limitations ; The Sense of Power ; 2. Advance and Retreat, 1914-1920 ; The European War and American Opinion ; Wilson's Initial Policy ; The Impact of the U-Boat ; Increasing Involvement and Commitments ; Going to War , Fighting the War and Preparing for Peace The Limits of Power: The Paris Peace Conference ; The Failure to Join the League of Nations ; 3. A Restrained Superpower, 1920-1938 ; The Character of U.S. Foreign Policy in the 1920s ; The Apogee of Isolationism , 4. Lessening Restraint, 1938-1941 The Erosion of Neutrality ; The Impact of the Fall of France ; Explaining the Move toward Involvement ; 5. Full-Scale Involvement, 1941-1945 ; Wielding Global Power ; The Discrediting of "Isolationism" ; What Kind of Internationalism? , 6. Assuming "the Responsibilities of Power," 1945-1952The Commitment to Western Europe; Doing More with More; Conclusion; Notes; Index
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781501701788
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780801447891
    Additional Edition: Print version A Sense of Power : The Roots of America's World Role
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books
    URL: Volltext
    URL: Volltext
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
    Online Resource
    Online Access
    MPI Bildungsforschung
  • 3
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    A Sense of Power : The Roots of America's Global Role (2016)
    Ithaca, NY :Cornell University Press,
    Details
    UID:
    almafu_9958879386102883
    Format: 1 online resource
    ISBN: 9781501701788
    Content: Why has the United States assumed so extensive and costly a role in world affairs over the last hundred years? The two most common answers to this question are "because it could" and "because it had to." Neither answer will do, according to this challenging re-assessment of the way that America came to assume its global role. The country's vast economic resources gave it the capacity to exercise great influence abroad, but Americans were long reluctant to meet the costs of wielding that power. Neither the country's safety from foreign attack nor its economic well-being required the achievement of ambitious foreign policy objectives.In A Sense of Power, John A. Thompson takes a long view of America's dramatic rise as a world power, from the late nineteenth century into the post–World War II era. How, and more importantly why, has America come to play such a dominant role in world affairs? There is, he argues, no simple answer. Thompson challenges conventional explanations of America's involvement in World War I and World War II, seeing neither the requirements of national security nor economic interests as determining. He shows how American leaders from Wilson to Truman developed an ever more capacious understanding of the national interest, and why by the 1940s most Americans came to support the price tag, in blood and treasure, attached to strenuous efforts to shape the world. The beliefs and emotions that led them to do so reflected distinctive aspects of U.S. culture, not least the strength of ties to Europe. Consciousness of the nation’s unique power fostered feelings of responsibility, entitlement, and aspiration among the people and leaders of the United States.This original analysis challenges some widely held beliefs about the determinants of United States foreign policy and will bring new insight to contemporary debates about whether the nation should—or must—play so active a part in world politics.
    Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Preface -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction: THE PROBLEM -- , 1. A NEW SENSE OF POWER -- , 2. ADVANCE AND RETREAT, 1914–1920 -- , 3. A RESTRAINED SUPERPOWER, 1920–1938 -- , 4. LESSENING RESTRAINT, 1938–1941 -- , 5. FULL-SCALE INVOLVEMENT, 1941–1945 -- , 6. ASSUMING “THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF POWER,” 1945–1952 -- , Conclusion -- , Notes -- , Index , In English.
    Language: English
    DOI: 10.7591/9781501701788
    URL: https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.7591/9781501701788
    URL: https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.7591/9781501701788
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
    Online Resource
    Open Access Request
    FU Berlin
Nothing or not found what you are looking for? Please check your search query or use the Interlibrary Loan Search.
Did you mean 9781501501784?
Did you mean 9781501701238?
Did you mean 9781501701726?
Close ⊗
This website uses cookies and the analysis tool Matomo. Further information can be found on the KOBV privacy pages