The tragedy of American diplomacy
By: William Appleman Williams.
Edition: 50th anniversary ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780393334746
Subjects: United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century
Notes: Originally published: Cleveland : World Pub. Co., c1959.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: History and the transcendence of the tragic; title: Imperial anticolonialism; title: The transformation of the expansionist outlook; title: The crisis of the 1890s and the turn to imperialism; title: The imperialism of idealism; title: The rising tide of revolution; title: The legend of isolationism; title: A great debate over the tactics of empire; title: The internationalization of business; title: The war for the American frontier; title: The nightmare of Depression and the vision of omnipotence; title: Roosevelt and Stalin confront the dilemmas of victory; title: The open door policy and the onset of the Cold War; title: A new vision of omnipotence and a misreading of history prompt the United States to overplay its hand; title: The diplomacy of the vicious circle; title: The impotence of nuclear supremacy; title: The terrifying momentum toward disaster; title: Conclusion: The wisdom of an open door for revolutions; title: Afterword: Tragedy renewed / by Andrew J. Bacevich.