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Every citizen a statesman : the dream of a democratic foreign policy in the American century / David Allen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Allen, David, 1989- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Foreign Policy Association--History.
- Foreign Policy Association.
- Political participation--United States--History--20th century.
- Political participation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 317 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- "As US power grew after WWI, officials and nonprofits joined to promote citizen participation in world affairs. In Every Citizen a Statesman David Allen traces the rise and fall of the Foreign Policy Association, a public-education initiative that retreated in the atomic age, scuttling dreams of democratic foreign policy and solidifying the technocratic national security model"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Introduction: Destiny and Democracy
- 1 “Foreign Relations Was Something for Women”
- 2 The Fact Cult
- 3 The War for Democracy
- 4 How to Teach a City to Lead the World
- 5 World Affairs Are Your Affairs
- 6 Who, Me?
- 7 The Diplomatic One Percent
- Epilogue: A Foreign Policy for the American People?
- Abbreviations
- Archives
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (De Gruyter, viewed November 20, 2022).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-674-28773-8
- OCLC:
- 1343104388
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