The Great War and American Foreign Policy, 1914-24 / Robert E. Hannigan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hannigan, Robert E., author.

Series:

Haney Foundation Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.

Wilson, Woodrow.

World War, 1914-1918--United States.

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1914-1918--Diplomatic history.

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

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1921-1923.

United States--Foreign relations--1923-1929.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (367 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"World War I constituted a milestone in the development of the United States as a world power. As the European powers exhausted themselves during the conflict, the U.S. government deployed its growing economic leverage, its military might, and its diplomacy to shape the outcome of the war and to influence the future of international relations. In The Great War and American Foreign Policy, 1914-1924, Robert E. Hannigan challenges the conventional belief that the United States entered World War I only because its hand was forced, and he disputes the claim that Washington was subsequently driven by a desire to make the world 'safe for democracy.' Democratic President Woodrow Wilson's rhetoric emphasized peace, self-determination, and international cooperation. But his foreign policy, Hannigan claims, is better understood if analyzed against the backdrop of American policy--not only toward Europe, but also toward East Asia and the rest of the western hemisphere--as it had been developing since the turn of the twentieth century. On the broadest level, Wilson sought to shore up and stabilize an international order promoted and presided over by London since the early 1800s, this in the conviction that under such conditions the United States would inevitably ascend to a global position comparable to, if not eclipsing, that of Great Britain. Hannigan argues, moreover, that these fundamental objectives continued to guide Wilson's Republican successors in their efforts to stabilize the postwar world. The book reexamines the years when the United States was ostensibly neutral (1914-17), the subsequent period of American military involvement (1917-18), the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, the ensuing battle for ratification of the Treaty of Versailles (in 1919-20), and the activities of Wilson's successors--culminating with the Dawes Plan of 1924"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The United States steps out

Washington reacts (1914-15)

Pursuing a seat at the table (1916-17)

China and Latin America (1914-17)

"The whole force of the nation"

To the Fourteen Points Address

Casting every selfish dominion down in the dust (1918)

The future of Europe, and the world

The Treaty of Versailles

Americans in Paris: The Russian Revolution, the Royal Navy, power in the western hemisphere

Americans in Paris: The colonial world

Americans in Paris: The Adriatic and Shandong controversies

The campaigns for treaty ratification (Summer 1919-20)

Latin America and China

Europe.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Jul 2018)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780812293289

OCLC:

1046613913