Powaski's study analyzes why the U.S. pursued a policy of political and military isolationism toward Europe, and how the upheavals of the 20th century necessitated the abandonment of this policy by 1950.
Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction: American Isolationism until 1901 The Emergence of American Internationalism, 1901-1921 Republican Isolationism, 1921-1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Isolationists, and the Aggressors, 1933-1939 The Road to War, 1939-1941 The Grand Alliance, 1941-1943 The Road to Victory, 1944-1945 The Collapse of the Grand Alliance, 1945-1947 The Creation of the North Atlantic Alliance, 1947-1950 Conclusion: The Entangling Alliance Suggested Readings Index
RONALD E. POWASKI teaches advanced placement American history at Euclid Senior High School in Euclid, Ohio. He also teaches American history, part-time, at John Carroll University and Cleveland State University. Dr. Powaski holds a Ph. D. in history and has authored March to Armageddon: The United States and the Nuclear Arms Race, 1939 to the Present and Thomas Merton on Nuclear Weapons.
?This book provides a state-of-the-art summary of well-known
information selected and organized to illustrate an entirely
familiar viewpoint.?-The Journal of American History
?Toward an Entangling Alliance is a useful analysis of the key
events and historiographical disputes of that momentous
period.?-The Annals of the American Academy
"Toward an Entangling Alliance is a useful analysis of the key
events and historiographical disputes of that momentous
period."-The Annals of the American Academy
"This book provides a state-of-the-art summary of well-known
information selected and organized to illustrate an entirely
familiar viewpoint."-The Journal of American History
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