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Woodrow Wilson and Harry Truman : mission and power in American foreign policy
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Woodrow Wilson and Harry Truman : mission and power in American foreign policy

Author: Anne R Pierce
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.
Edition/Format: Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Named Person: Woodrow Wilson; Harry S Truman
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Anne R Pierce
ISBN: 0275976203 9780275976200
OCLC Number: 50253142
Description: xvii, 302 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Woodrow Wilson. The invigoration of principles and the assertion of power: a new president takes charge ; Passive in arms but active in words: the American neutral as teacher and redeemer ; American principles on trial: words accompany arms to the battlefront ; The expansion of democratic war aims: self-determination and the disintegration of empires ; The bittersweet legacy of ideas: Wilson leaves an indelible mark -- Harry Truman. The lessons of two world wars: Truman emends and enhances the internationalist tradition ; Containment with a Wilsonian twist: power-politics and the democratic mission rendered compatible ; The problematic moralism of United States foreign policy: Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia ; The increasing disparity between long-term hopes and short-term goals: NSC-68, NATO, and Point Four ; The ongoing importance of Wilson's and Truman's views and achievements regarding the mission and power of the United States.
Responsibility: Anne R. Pierce.
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