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Ultimately, Leffler’s framework is one of the most perceptive, rigorous, and comprehensive analyses of
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"[A] tour de force."---Jacqueline L. Hazelton, Texas National Security Review

Table of Contents
Preface ix Introduction: Embracing Complexity 1 1 The Origins of Republican War Debt Policy, 1921-1923: A Case Study in the Applicability of the Open Door Interpretation 28 2 Herbert Hoover, the "New Era," and American Foreign Policy, 1921-1929 47 3 Political Isolationism, Economic Expansionism, or Diplomatic Realism: American Policy toward Western Europe 1921-1933 76 4 The American Conception of National Security and the Beginnings of the Cold War, 1945-1948 117 5 Strategy, Diplomacy, and the Cold War: The United States, Turkey, and NATO, 1945-1952 164 6 Adherence to Agreements: Yalta and the Experiences of the Early Cold War 187 7 Victory: The "State," the "West," and the Cold War 221 8 Dreams of Freedom, Temptations of Power 243 9 9/11 and American Foreign Policy 281 10 Austerity and U.S. Strategy: Lessons of the Past 303 11 National Security 317 Index 337

Safeguarding Democratic Capitalism

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 2 August 2017
      ISBN-13 9780691172583
      978-0691172583
      ISBN-10 0691172587
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      Central / national / federal government policies Politics and government Warfare and defence

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "

      Ultimately, Leffler’s framework is one of the most perceptive, rigorous, and comprehensive analyses of
      American foreign policy in the last eight decades.

      "---Jennifer M. Miller, H-Diplo Roundtable Review
      "[A] tour de force."---Jacqueline L. Hazelton, Texas National Security Review

      Table of Contents
      Preface ix Introduction: Embracing Complexity 1 1 The Origins of Republican War Debt Policy, 1921-1923: A Case Study in the Applicability of the Open Door Interpretation 28 2 Herbert Hoover, the "New Era," and American Foreign Policy, 1921-1929 47 3 Political Isolationism, Economic Expansionism, or Diplomatic Realism: American Policy toward Western Europe 1921-1933 76 4 The American Conception of National Security and the Beginnings of the Cold War, 1945-1948 117 5 Strategy, Diplomacy, and the Cold War: The United States, Turkey, and NATO, 1945-1952 164 6 Adherence to Agreements: Yalta and the Experiences of the Early Cold War 187 7 Victory: The "State," the "West," and the Cold War 221 8 Dreams of Freedom, Temptations of Power 243 9 9/11 and American Foreign Policy 281 10 Austerity and U.S. Strategy: Lessons of the Past 303 11 National Security 317 Index 337

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