The Wilsonian impulse U.S. foreign policy, the alliance, and German unification
Title:
The Wilsonian impulse U.S. foreign policy, the alliance, and German unification
Author:
Hampton, Mary N.
ISBN:
9780313023842
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1996.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (x, 180 p.)
Contents:
Preface; Introduction; 1 The Historical Origins of the Wilsonian Impulse and the Western Alliance; 2 The Eisenhower Administration and the Wilsonian Impulse; 3 The Kennedy Administration and the Long Wilsonian Shadow; 4 Restoring the Atlantic Community Under Johnson; 5 From Ostpolitik to Unification: The Legacy of the Wilsonian Impulse and the Versailles Remedial; 6 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index;
Abstract:
Mary Hampton argues that a set of ideas that influenced American policymakers in the postwar era help explain the unique evolution of the Western Alliance and Germany's rapid unification in 1990. These ideas, called the Wilsonian impulse, derived from the historical lessons concerning World War I and the interwar years learned by prominent American policymakers. The most important lesson was that a trans-Atlantic community of nations must be built that included a democratic and equal Germany. West German leaders were persistent in appealing to the Wilsonian impulse to promote their national in.
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