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The Wilsonian Impulse - U.S. Foreign Policy, the Alliance, and German Unification (Hardcover, New)
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The Wilsonian Impulse - U.S. Foreign Policy, the Alliance, and German Unification (Hardcover, New)
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Mary Hampton argues that a set of ideas that influenced American
policymakers in the postwar era help explain the unique evolution
of the Western Alliance and Germany's rapid unification in 1990.
These ideas, called the Wilsonian impulse, derived from the
historical lessons concerning World War I and the interwar years
learned by prominent American policymakers. The most important
lesson was that a trans-Atlantic community of nations must be built
that included a democratic and equal Germany. West German leaders
were persistent in appealing to the Wilsonian impulse to promote
their national interests. In particular, Bonn was able to ensure
over time Washington's pledge to aid in the peaceful unification of
Germany. The success of that policy became evident in 1990. Recent
works in international relations theory have explored the impact of
ideas on international institutions and on the foreign policymaking
process. This study contributes to that literature by examining the
role ideas have had on the evolution of Western relations in the
postwar era. Hampton focuses on the cluster of ideas she calls the
Wilsonian impulse. Derived from the historical lessons drawn from
World War I and the interwar years, these distinctly Wilsonian
ideas largely constructed the beliefs that American foreign
policymakers held about trans-Atlantic relations in the immediate
postwar period. Central was the belief that the European balance of
power system must be superceded by a Western community of nations
wherein a democratic Germany would be included on an equal basis.
Hampton examines how the influence of the Wilsonian impulse
permitted West German leaders to gain rapid entrance into the
Western Alliance on favorable terms. More importantly, the U.S. led
the West in sharing responsibility for the eventual unification of
Germany as part of the Allied pledge of support for Bonn. The
peaceful unification of Germany in 1990 brought to fruition the
future envisioned by the Wilsonian impulse. This book will be of
interest to scholars and researchers of 20th century American
foreign policy and modern German history.
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