Entangling Alliances

Author : Susan Zeiger
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814797174

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Entangling Alliances by Susan Zeiger Pdf

Throughout the twentieth century, American male soldiers returned home from wars with foreign-born wives in tow, often from allied but at times from enemy nations, resulting in a new, official category of immigrant: the “allied” war bride. These brides began to appear en masse after World War I, peaked after World War II, and persisted through the Korean and Vietnam Wars. GIs also met and married former “enemy” women under conditions of postwar occupation, although at times the US government banned such unions. In this comprehensive, complex history of war brides in 20th-century American history, Susan Zeiger uses relationships between American male soldiers and foreign women as a lens to view larger issues of sexuality, race, and gender in United States foreign relations. Entangling Alliances draws on a rich array of sources to trace how war and postwar anxieties about power and national identity have long been projected onto war brides, and how these anxieties translate into public policies, particularly immigration.

Author : Lawrence S. Kaplan
Publisher : Kent State University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : 0873383478

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Entangling Alliances with None by Lawrence S. Kaplan Pdf

Written over a thirty-year period, the essays included in this volume develop one central theme: the completion of American isolationism in the formative years of the nation. Isolationism, in Kaplan's view, is not to be taken as economic or cultural independence but as abstention from political or military obligations to Europe, from alliances or from purposeful entanglement in the European balance of power. This study focuses on the assertion that Thomas Jefferson was central to the making of American foreign policy from the Revolution to 1803. But Kaplan's view is not always supportive of Jefferson. In fact, Kaplan believes the collection has a "Hamiltonian flavor," although he does not necessarily consider himself a Hamiltonian either. Kaplan is critical of Jefferson and points clearly to the error of his belief that France could be a counterweight to British power. In the short run Hamilton appears more realistic, but in the long run Jefferson's vision for the country proved wiser and sounder.

Author : Jason W. Davidson
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781647120306

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America's Entangling Alliances by Jason W. Davidson Pdf

America’s Entangling Alliances challenges the belief that the US resists international alliances. By documenting thirty-four alliances—categorized as defense pacts, military coalitions, or security partnerships—Davidson finds that the US demand for allies is best explained by looking at variance in its relative power and the threats it has faced.

Author : John Knight Shields
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Treaty of Versailles
ISBN : UIUC:30112054731325

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The Shantung Amendment and Entangling Alliances by John Knight Shields Pdf

Author : John Maxwell Hamilton,Nancy Morrison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : UCSD:31822005296702

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Entangling Alliances by John Maxwell Hamilton,Nancy Morrison Pdf

Explores the ties that bind everyday people in the United States with those in seemingly distant developing lands.

Author : David A. Lake
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780691216119

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Entangling Relations by David A. Lake Pdf

Throughout what publisher Henry Luce dubbed the "American century," the United States has wrestled with two central questions. Should it pursue its security unilaterally or in cooperation with others? If the latter, how can its interests be best protected against opportunism by untrustworthy partners? In a major attempt to explain security relations from an institutionalist approach, David A. Lake shows how the answers to these questions have differed after World War I, during the Cold War, and today. In the debate over whether to join the League of Nations, the United States reaffirmed its historic policy of unilateralism. After World War II, however, it broke decisively with tradition and embraced a new policy of cooperation with partners in Europe and Asia. Today, the United States is pursuing a new strategy of cooperation, forming ad hoc coalitions and evincing an unprecedented willingness to shape but then work within the prevailing international consensus on the appropriate goals and means of foreign policy. In interpreting these three defining moments of American foreign policy, Lake draws on theories of relational contracting and poses a general theory of security relationships. He arrays the variety of possible security relationships on a continuum from anarchy to hierarchy, and explains actual relations as a function of three key variables: the benefits from pooling security resources and efforts with others, the expected costs of opportunistic behavior by partners, and governance costs. Lake systematically applies this theory to each of the "defining moments" of twentieth-century American foreign policy and develops its broader implications for the study of international relations.

Author : Susan Zeiger
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2010-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814797259

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Entangling Alliances by Susan Zeiger Pdf

Throughout the twentieth century, American male soldiers returned home from wars with foreign-born wives in tow, often from allied but at times from enemy nations, resulting in a new, official category of immigrant: the “allied” war bride. These brides began to appear en masse after World War I, peaked after World War II, and persisted through the Korean and Vietnam Wars. GIs also met and married former “enemy” women under conditions of postwar occupation, although at times the US government banned such unions. In this comprehensive, complex history of war brides in 20th-century American history, Susan Zeiger uses relationships between American male soldiers and foreign women as a lens to view larger issues of sexuality, race, and gender in United States foreign relations. Entangling Alliances draws on a rich array of sources to trace how war and postwar anxieties about power and national identity have long been projected onto war brides, and how these anxieties translate into public policies, particularly immigration.

Author : Lawrence S. Kaplan
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780813163369

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The United States and NATO by Lawrence S. Kaplan Pdf

The creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was one of the most important accomplishments of American diplomacy in countering the Soviet threat during the early days of the Cold War. Why and how such a reversal of a 150-year nonalignment policy by the United States was brought about, and how the goals of the treaty became a reality, are questions addressed here by a leading scholar of NATO. The importance of restoring Europe to strength and stability in the post-World War II years was as obvious to America as to its allies, but the means of achieving that goal were far from clear. The problem for European statesmen was how to secure much- needed American economic and military aid without sacrificing political independence. For American policymakers, in contrast, a degree of American control was seen as an essential quid pro quo. As Mr. Kaplan shows, the lengthy negotiations of 1947 and 1948 were chiefly concerned with reconciling these opposing views.For the Truman administration, the difficulties of achieving a treaty acceptable to the allies were matched by those of winning its acceptance by Congress and the public. Many Americans saw such an "entangling alliance" as a threat not only to American security but to the viability of the United Nations. Mr. Kaplan demonstrates the tortuous course of the debate on the treaty and the pivotal role of the communist invasion of South Korea in its ultimate approval. This authoritative study offers a timely reevaluation of the origins of an alliance that continues to play a critical role in the balance of power and in the prospects for world peace.

Author : George Washington
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1290433747

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Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States by George Washington Pdf

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Author : Robert Endicott Osgood
Publisher : [Chicago] : University of Chicago Press [1962]
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Nuclear arms control
ISBN : UCAL:B5134078

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NATO, the Entangling Alliance by Robert Endicott Osgood Pdf

Author : Lawrence S. Kaplan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0608080780

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Entangling Alliances with None by Lawrence S. Kaplan Pdf

Author : Lawrence S. Kaplan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 0742539172

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NATO 1948 by Lawrence S. Kaplan Pdf

This compelling history brings to life the watershed year of 1948, when the United States reversed its long-standing position of political and military isolation from Europe and agreed to an "entangling alliance" with ten European nations. Not since 1800, when the United States ended its alliance with France, had the nation made such a commitment. The historic North Atlantic Treaty was signed on April 4, 1949, but the often-contentious negotiations stretched throughout the preceding year. Lawrence S. Kaplan, the leading historian of NATO, traces the tortuous and dramatic process, which struggled to reconcile the conflicting concerns on the part of the future partners. Although the allies could agree on the need to cope with the threat of Soviet-led Communism and on the vital importance of an American association with a unified Europe, they differed over the means of achieving these ends. The United States had to contend with domestic isolationist suspicions of Old World intentions, the military's worries about over extension of the nation's resources, and the apparent incompatibility of the projected treaty with the UN charter. For their part, Europeans had to be convinced that American demands to abandon their traditions would provide the sense of security that economic and political recovery from World War II required. Kaplan brings to life the colorful diplomats and politicians arrayed on both sides of the debate. The end result was a remarkably durable treaty and alliance that has linked the fortunes of America and Europe for over fifty years. Despite differences that have persisted and occasionally flared over the past fifty years, NATO continues to bind America and Europe in the twenty-first century. Kaplan's detailed and lively account draws on a wealth of primary sources--newspapers, memoirs, and diplomatic documents--to illuminate how the United States came to assume international obligations it had scrupulously avoided for the previous 150 years.

Author : Timothy P. Ireland
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1981-02-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015031828992

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Creating the Entangling Alliance by Timothy P. Ireland Pdf

Author : Ronald Powaski
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1991-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015019864407

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Toward an Entangling Alliance by Ronald Powaski Pdf

Conceived with a dedication to manifest destiny, individual freedom, and opportunity, the United States, from its inception, made an effort to avoid political or military involvement in Europe which could conflict with its pursuit of those goals. Ronald E. Powaski's study analyzes why the United States pursued this isolationist policy, and the factors, events, and personalities which challenged it and finally necessitated its abandonment. Powaski's chronological approach to the topic begins with historical background material which identifies the origins of isolationism as a natural outgrowth of colonial ideals. The major portion of the text is devoted to how the political, military, and economic upheavals of the twentieth century gradually forced the United States to reevaluate its isolationist policy, ultimately reaffirming its original ideals through continuing involvement in world peace organizations. A list of suggested reading and a full index complete this work.

Author : Ralph Keyes
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781429906173

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The Quote Verifier by Ralph Keyes Pdf

Our language is full of hundreds of quotations that are often cited but seldom confirmed. Ralph Keyes's The Quote Verifier considers not only classic misquotes such as "Nice guys finish last," and "Play it again, Sam," but more surprising ones such as "Ain't I a woman?" and "Golf is a good walk spoiled," as well as the origins of popular sayings such as "The opera ain't over till the fat lady sings," "No one washes a rented car," and "Make my day." Keyes's in-depth research routinely confounds widespread assumptions about who said what, where, and when. Organized in easy-to-access dictionary form, The Quote Verifier also contains special sections highlighting commonly misquoted people and genres, such as Yogi Berra and Oscar Wilde, famous last words, and misremembered movie lines. An invaluable resource for not just those with a professional need to quote accurately, but anyone at all who is interested in the roots of words and phrases, The Quote Verifier is not only a fascinating piece of literary sleuthing, but also a great read.