Woodrow Wilson and the American Diplomatic Tradition: The Treaty Fight in Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780521385855 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 344 str.

Lloyd E. Ambrosius

Opis

This study, based on extensive research in private papers as well as published sources, offers a reinterpretation of the US Senate's refusal to ratify the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, the first of the great debates over the role of the United States in world politics.

Recenzje

'Lloyd E. Ambrosius offers an ambitious reinterpretation of the U.S. Senate's rejection of the Versailles treaty, the first of the 'great debates' over the role of the United States in world politics. Ambrosius is most successful in clarifying the day-to-day politics of the treaty fight, especially the manoeuvres of Lodge and his minions. This aspect guarantees the utility of Woodrow Wilson and the American Diplomatic Tradition to historians of Wilson and the First World War.' David F. Trask, International History Review

Spis treści

Preface; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction: Wilson's new world; 2. Origins of Wilson's league of nations idea; 3. Drafting of the League of Nations Covenant; 4. American criticism of Wilson's peacemaking; 5. Revision of the League of Nations Covenant; 6. The question of control at home and abroad; 7. The Versailles Treaty in the Senate; 8. American rejection of the Versailles peace; 9. The aftermath of Wilson's peacemaking; 10. Epilogue: Wilson's legacy; Bibliography; Index.