| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
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BAAS paperbacks
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BAAS paperbacks.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Defining the Open Door Era -- Chapter 1 The Open Door Idea, 1893-1904 -- Chapter 2 Imposing the Open Door, 1904-17 -- Chapter 3 The Global Open Door, 1917-29 -- Chapter 4 The Open Door in a Closed World, 1929-45 -- Chapter 5 The Open Door and the Cold War, 1945-68 -- Chapter 6 The Open Door Triumphant, 1968-91 -- Conclusion: Toward an Open Door Future? -- Select Bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
In 1899, U.S. Secretary of State John Hay wrote six world powers calling for an 'Open Door' in China that would guarantee equal trading opportunities, curtail colonial annexation, and prevent conflict in the Far East. Within a year, the region had succumbed to renewed colonisation and war, but despite the apparent failure of Hay's diplomacy, the ideal of the Open Door emerged as the central component of U.S. foreign policy in the twentieth century. Just as visions of 'Manifest Destiny' shaped continental expansion in the nineteenth century, Woodrow Wilson used the Open Door to make the case for a world 'safe for democracy', Franklin Roosevelt developed it to inspire the fight against totalitarianism and imperialism, and Cold War containment policy envisioned international communism as the latest threat to a global system built upon peace, openness, and exchange. In a concise yet wide-ranging examination of its origins and development, readers will discover how the idea of the Open Door came to define the American Century. Examines the Open Door, the most influential U.S. foreign policy of the twentieth century. In 1899, U.S. Secretary of State John Hay wrote six world powers calling for an ÃǾ²Ơ℗Open Door' in China that would guarantee equal trading opportunities, curtail colonial annexation, and prevent conflict in the Far East. Within a year, the region had succumbed to renewed colonisation and war, but despite the apparent failure of Hay's diplomacy, the ideal of the Open Door emerged as the central component of U.S. foreign policy in the twentieth century. Just as visions of ÃǾ²Ơ℗₋Manifest Destiny' shaped continental expansion in the nineteenth century, Woodrow Wilson used the Open Door to make the case for a world ÃǾ²Ơ℗₋safe for democracy', Franklin Roosevelt developed it to inspire the fight against totalitarianism and imperialism, and Cold War containment policy envisioned international communism as the latest threat to a global system built upon peace, openness, and exchange. In a concise yet wide-ranging examination of its origins and development, readers will discover how the idea of the Open Door came to define the American Century. Key Features. Uncovers the ideological wellspring of U.S. foreign policy in the twentieth century Presents debates over U.S. foreign policy, including the ÃǾ²Ơ℗₋Wisconsin School' critique of the Open Door as a mechanism of informal empire Reveals both the consistency of U.S. foreign policy thinking and offers a deeper context to critical foreign policy decisions Contextulises the roots of contemporary U.S. policy |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.
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United States. |
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International relations. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Goodall, Alex (Alexis Vere), author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cullinane, Michael Patrick, 1979- Open Door era. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2017] 9781474401319 (OCoLC)976439116 |
| ISBN |
9781474401326 (electronic book) |
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1474401325 (electronic book) |
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9781474401319 |
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1474401317 |
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9781477401309 |
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147740130X |
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147740130X |
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9781477401309 |
| Standard No. |
9781477401309 |
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