At the turn of the century, the United States is on the verge of
losing its vote in the General Assembly for non-payment of its
arrears. There are eerie parallels between the domestic debate over
the United Nations in 1999 and the struggles over the League of
Nations in 1919. Why, many ask, are Americans the first to create
international organizations and the first to abandon them? What is
it about the American political culture that breeds both the most
ardent supporters and the most vocal detractors of international
organization? And why can't they find any common ground? In seeking
to uncover the roots of American ambivalence toward international
organization, this political history presents the first major
analysis of U.S. attitudes toward both the United Nations and the
League of Nations. It traces eight themes that have resurfaced
again and again in congressional and public debates over the course
of this century: exceptionalism, sovereignty, nativism and racism,
unilateralism, security, commitments, reform, and burden-sharing.
It assesses recent domestic political trends and calls for the
development of two interactive political compacts--one domestic and
one international--to place U.S.-UN relations on a new footing. A
Century Foundation Book
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