The US "culture wars" and the Anglo-American special relationship / David G. Haglund.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haglund, David G., author.

Contributor:

Edith E. Clark Endowment Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Relations--Great Britain.

United States.

Relations.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Relations--United States.

United States--Civilization--1865-1918.

Civilization.

United States--Foreign relations--1913-1921.

International relations.

Diplomatic relations.

Physical Description:

xiv, 254 pages ; 22 cm

Other Title:

United States culture wars and the Anglo-American special relationship

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]

Summary:

This book discusses "culture" and the origins of the Anglo-American special relationship (the AASR). The bitter dispute between ethnic groups in the US from 1914-17--a period of time characterized as the "culture wars"--laid the groundwork both for US intervention in the European balance of power in 1917 and for the creation of what would eventually become a lasting Anglo-American alliance. Specifically, the vigorous assault on English "civilization" launched by two large ethnic groups in America (the Irish-Americans and the German-Americans) had the unintended effect of causing Americas demographic majority at the time (the English-descended Americans) to regard the prospect of an Anglo-American alliance in an entirely new manner. The author contemplates why the Anglo-American "great rapprochement" of 1898 failed to generate the desired "Anglo-Saxon" alliance in Britain, and in so doing features theoretically informed inquiries into debates surrounding both the origins of the war in 1914 and the origins of the American intervention decision nearly three years later. David G. Haglund is Professor of Political Studies at Queen's University, Canada. His research focuses on transatlantic security and Canadian and American international security policy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edith E. Clark Endowment Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

3030185486

9783030185480

OCLC:

1090906951