Mixed messages
Subtitle: American politics and international organization, 1919-1999
By: Edward C. Luck.
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
Subjects: United Nations -- History.; League of Nations -- History.; United Nations -- Public opinion.; League of Nations -- Public opinion.; Public opinion -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Description: "The United States is on the verge of losing its vote in the UN General Assembly because it is $1.6 billion in arrears. There are eerie parallels between the domestic debate over the United Nations in 1999 and the struggles over the League of Nations in 1919. Why, many ask, are Americans the first to create international organizations and the first to abandon them?

What is it about the American political culture that breeds both the most ardent supporters and the most vocal detractors of international organization? And why can't they find any common ground?"--BOOK JACKET. "In seeking to uncover the roots of American ambivalence toward international organizations, this political history presents the first major analysis of U.S. attitudes toward both the United Nations and the League of Nations."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"A Century Foundation book."
Table of contents: title: The price of uncertainty and division; title: A special nation, peerless and indispensable; title: National interests, sovereignty, and global governance; title: Enemies within, enemies without; title: America in loyal opposition; title: Dilemmas of force; title: Keeping the peace: national interests and international commitments; title: Reform for all seasons; title: Who should pay for the UN?; title: The political landscape; title: Old realities, new opportunities.