Title: The eagle triumphant : how America took over the British Empire /
Authors: Thompson, Robert Smith
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons,
Year: 2004
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 Diplomatic history; World War, 1939-1945 Diplomatic history.; Imperialism History; United States Foreign relations
Abstract: From 1914 to 1945, America became an empire because of long-term historical trends, self-defeating decisions made by theBritish government, and deliberate intent by every American president from Wilson to FDR. The two world war involved far more than the military victories over Germany and Japan: they also involved, and indeed precipitated, the global transfer of power from the British Empire to the American, as symbolized by the oil deal made by FDR and ibn Saud in February, 1945. Imperial America will take reader through these thirty momentous years and show how they inform American imperial efforts abroad today.
Contents: The waltz of war -- The shining city upon the hill -- The Lusitania -- The Fourteen Points -- The Peace of Paris -- The Washington Conference -- Imperial decline -- The resurgence of Roosevelt -- The British declaration of war -- The horrible year -- The Atlantic Charter -- The turning of the tide -- The Big Three -- The road to Yalta -- Potsdam.