The Wilsonian Century U.S. Foreign Policy since 1900

With this book, Frank Ninkovich offers a striking examination of Woodrow Wilson's influence on twentieth-century U.S. foreign policy. He argues that the Wilsonian outlook, far from being a crusading, utopian doctrine, was a creative, practical response to catastrophic great power wars that threatened to reverse the progressive course of modern history. Ninkovich shows how Wilsonian "crisis internationalism" guided U.S. foreign relations through a century of global turbulence and made possible the emergence of today's globalizing society.

About the author

Frank Ninkovich is a professor of history at St. John's University, New York. He is the author of several books, including "Modernity and Power: A History of the Domino Theory" in the Twentieth Century, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Summary

This work seeks to offer an alternative to traditional interest-based interpretations of US foreign policy. It argues that the Wilsonian outlook, far from being a crusading, idealistic doctrine, was reactive, practical, and grounded in fear.

Product details

• Authors: Frank Ninkovich, Frank A. Ninkovich, Frank A Ninkovich, Ninkovich Frank, Frank (St. Johns University) Ninkovich
• Publisher: University Presses
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 15.04.2001
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9780226581361
• ISBN: 978-0-226-58136-1
• Pages: 330
• Dimensions (packing): 1.7 x 2.3 x 0.2 cm
• Weight (packing): 510 g
• Subjects: USA, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, International Relations, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies