Paths not taken : speculations on American foreign policy and diplomatic history, interests, ideals, and power
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Paths not taken : speculations on American foreign policy and diplomatic history, interests, ideals, and power
（Praeger studies in diplomacy and strategic thought）
Praeger, 2000
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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In America's foreign affairs there has been a delicate balance between often conflicting imperatives of interests, ideals, and power. How these imperatives have intersected to shape the constellation of American foreign policy decisions throughout the nation's history and, indeed, how they have served to advance or subvert attainment of America's regional, hemispheric and global ambitions, is the subject of this study. This collection of essays explores seminal decisions in American foreign policy and diplomatic history, from the early National period to the Vietnam War, each of which proved to be a turning point, and then asks readers to consider alternative futures based upon different courses of action. Nielson underscores how history could, and perhaps should, have been different.
U.S. foreign policy has in large measure been contingent upon decisions made by individuals in positions of power. Their personalities, characters, and assumptions about duty and America's role in the world have uniquely shaped policy choices and, thus, the course of foreign affairs, for better or worse. This book hopes to show that history is ever fluid, unpredictable, and problematic. It will complement traditional texts as a what if counterpoint which will stimulate interest in and speculation about leadership roles, national interest, and decision making in foreign policy.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Walter La Feber The Path Not Taken by Jonathan M. Nielson John Adams, Peace on Any Price by Alexander DeConde 1917: What if the United States Had Not Intervened? by Jonathan M. Nielson Lost Opportunities: The Diplomacy of the 1930s by Brian J.C. McKercher When Nationalism Confronted Hegemony: The United States Challenge to the Cuban Revolution, 1959-1961 by Kyle Longley A Liberal Iran: Casualty of the Cold War by James F. Goode Eisenhower, Dulles, and United States Policy Towards Israel, and the Middle East Crisis at Suez, 1956 by Antonio Donno and Daniele DeLuca LBJ and America's Military Intervention in Southeast Asia by Mitchell Lerner
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