Historical Dictionary of US Diplomacy from World War I through World War II

Between 1913 and 1945, the two terminal years of this book, US foreign relations saw a remarkable transformation. During those 32 years the old verities of her foreign policy were overturned. America emerged as a big player on the world scene – but it happened bit by bit. Now just for a minute, use your imagination. Suppose through a magical piece of time travel that in 1913 an audience of leading politicians sitting in a darkened room in Washington had been shown a newsreel about America's world position 30 years later – at the point of her final victory over...