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Dilemmas of Internationalism - The American Association for the United Nations and US Foreign Policy, 1941-1948 (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Dilemmas of Internationalism - The American Association for the United Nations and US Foreign Policy, 1941-1948 (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Dilemmas of Internationalism is a new political history of the
1940s which charts and analyses the efforts of private
internationalists to define US internationalism and promote the
establishment of the United Nations. Internationalists hoped that
the United States would shake off the fear of entangling alliances
that had characterised the nation's history, replacing isolationism
and unilateralism with a new, involved and multilateral approach to
foreign affairs. During and after World War II, a number of private
individuals and organisations were at the forefront of the fight to
change the nature of US foreign policy. This book focuses in
particular on the most important internationalist organisation: the
American Association for the United Nations (AAUN), known as the
League of Nations Association through 1944. It situates the AAUN in
the vast network of private organisations promoting an
internationalist foreign policy during and after World War II, and
analyses the connections between the AAUN and the US government and
key public figures who proposed a more internationalist foreign
policy. One of the most innovative aspects of Dilemmas of
Internationalism is its focus on state-private interaction with
regard to defining internationalism. Most previous works on wartime
internationalism neglect considerations of state-private
interaction, or fail to significantly develop them. The study also
acts as a corrective to the general neglect of state-private
interaction during this period, turning attention away from the
common focus on the Cold War to the crucial phase during and
immediately after World War II. Beginning with the US entry into
the War, this study continues through the onset of the Cold War to
early 1948, ending with the passing of the Marshall Plan. By 1948,
the path of US internationalism appeared firmly fixed by a Cold War
framework, but in 1941, US entry into the Second World War offered
the opportunity to develop a more multilateral approach to foreign
affairs, and create a more just and peaceful world. This book is a
much-needed history of the attempt to seize that opportunity.
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