Name: The Open Door Era: United States Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century
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Author: Cullinane, Michael Patrick ; Goodall, Alex
ISBN: 9781474401319

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The Open Door Era: United States Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century

Type

Physical Book

Author

Michael Patrick Cullinane

Alex Goodall

Publisher

Edinburgh University Press

Language

English

Pages

224

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.1 x 13.7 x 1.3 cm

Weight

0.27 kg.

ISBN13

9781474401319

Synopsis "The Open Door Era: United States Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century"

Examines the Open Door, the most influential U.S. foreign policy of the twentieth century In 1899, U.S. Secretary of State John Hay wrote six world powers calling for an 'Open Door' in China that would guarantee equal trading opportunities, curtail colonial annexation, and prevent conflict in the Far East. Within a year, the region had succumbed to renewed colonisation and war, but despite the apparent failure of Hay's diplomacy, the ideal of the Open Door emerged as the central component of U.S. foreign policy in the twentieth century. Just as visions of 'Manifest Destiny' shaped continental expansion in the nineteenth century, Woodrow Wilson used the Open Door to make the case for a world 'safe for democracy', Franklin Roosevelt developed it to inspire the fight against totalitarianism and imperialism, and Cold War containment policy envisioned international communism as the latest threat to a global system built upon peace, openness, and exchange. In a concise yet wide-ranging examination of its origins and development, readers will discover how the idea of the Open Door came to define the American Century. Key Features Uncovers the ideological wellspring of U.S. foreign policy in the twentieth century Presents debates over U.S. foreign policy, including the 'Wisconsin School' critique of the Open Door as a mechanism of informal empire Reveals both the consistency of U.S. foreign policy thinking and offers a deeper context to critical foreign policy decisions Contextulises the roots of contemporary U.S. policy

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