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American Neutrality

The Experience of 1914-1917 October 1, 1935 Charles Seymour THREATS of war in Europe have raised the question of what steps the United States should take to preserve neutrality and have led to...

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Woodrow Wilson in Perspective

January 1, 1956 Charles Seymour TOWARDS the close of Woodrow Wilson's campaign for reëlection to the Presidency of the United States, at a moment when prospects seemed unpromising, he remarked: "As...

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Forty Years On

October 1, 1962 the Earl of Avon Summary: For those who were close to international events in the nineteen twenties and took a part in the errors and shortcomings of the next decade, there is a...

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The Spirit of Locarno: Illusions of Pactomania

July 1, 1972 J. B. Duroselle Summary: For five years between 1925 and 1929, a certain portion of mankind, like those parched travelers in the desert who think they have glimpsed the oasis which will...

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Dilemmas of Détente: Apparatchiks and Entrepreneurs: US-Soviet Economic...

January 1, 1974 Raymond Vernon Summary: If the world should erupt before these words are in print, the fault is unlikely to lie with the policy of détente. So far, the advantages of détente have been...

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The Coming of the Second World War

September 1, 1989 John Lukacs Summary: The two world wars are the mountain ranges that dominate the historical landscape of the twentieth century. We still live in their shadows, in America as well as...

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Thomas Jefferson and American Foreign Policy

March 1, 1990 Robert W. Tucker and David C. Hendrickson Summary: Jefferson's conceptions of the US national interest, and of the diplomatic postures by which it was most fit to be advanced, still...

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On American Principles

March 1, 1995 George F. Kennan Summary: Faced with demands for support from rebellious Spanish colonies in South America following the Napoleonic wars, Secretary of State John Quincy Adams enunciated a...

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First Principals

July 1, 2004 Walter Russell Mead Ron Chernow's new biography examines Alexander Hamilton's role in the founding of the American republic and his contribution to its conflictual political...

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Small War, Big Consequences

Why 1812 Still Matters October 31, 2012 Donald R. Hickey Today, the War of 1812 is all but forgotten. But as two recent books show, its legacies -- helping professionalize the U.S. military, planting...

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