The idealist : Wendell Willkie's wartime quest to build one world /

"The Idealist is a powerful book, gorgeously written and consistently insightful. Samuel Zipp uses the 1942 world tour of Wendell Willkie to examine American attitudes toward internationalism, decolonization, and race in the febrile atmosphere of the world's first truly global conflict.&qu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zipp, Samuel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2020.
Temas:
Willkie, Wendell L. > (Wendell Lewis), > 1892-1944.
Willkie, Wendell L. > (Wendell Lewis), > 1892-1944
1900-1999
Internationalism > History > 20th century.
Globalization > History > 20th century.
Peaceful change (International relations) > History > 20th century.
Track two diplomacy > United States > History > 20th century.
Internationalisme > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mondialisation > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Transformations pacifiques (Relations internationales) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Diplomatie parallèle > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
HISTORY / Military / World War II
Globalization
Internationalism
Peaceful change (International relations)
Politics and government
Track two diplomacy
United States > Politics and government > 1933-1945.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1933-1945.
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER 1. Taking Flight
  • CHAPTER 2. Power and the Presidency
  • CHAPTER 3. Egypt Is Saved
  • CHAPTER 4. A Great Social Laboratory
  • CHAPTER 5. The Imperial Dilemma
  • CHAPTER 6. How East and West Will Meet
  • CHAPTER 7. First Flight
  • CHAPTER 8. Working with Russia
  • CHAPTER 9. The China Mystique
  • CHAPTER 10. A Report to the People
  • CHAPTER 11. One World Barnstorming
  • CHAPTER 12. The Narrows of 1944
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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