A Dissenter's guide to foreign policy.
By: Edited by Irving Howe. Foreword by Lewis Coser.
Contributors: Howe, Irving, ed.
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 1968
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
Subjects: United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century -- Addresses, essays, lectures.
Other titles: Dissent.
Description: Essays, most of which were first published in the periodical Dissent. Bibliographical footnotes. Introduction: American power in the twentieth century, by M. Harrington.--The cold war in retrospect, by A. S. Kaufman.--A case against interventionism, by W. Pfaff.--Collective security, interventionism, and the left, by H. M. Pachter.--Necessity and choice in American foreign policy, by P. Green.--Beyond the power blocs, by R. Steel.--Reflections on the third world, by W. Laqueur.--Economic development in the backward countries, by G. Myrdal.--The prospects for a Maoist International, by R. Lowenthal.--Chinese visions and American policies, by B. Schwartz.--Counter-revolutionary America, by R. L. Heilbroner.--Economic development and democracy, by D. H. Wrong.--Rebuttal, by R. L. Heilbroner.--Surrebuttal, by D. H. Wrong.--The politics of disaster, by I. Howe,--Moral judgment in time of war, by M. Walzer.--Venezuela: revolution and counter-revolution, by K. Botsford.--Ideas of the future, by G. Lichtheim.
Notes: Bibliographical footnotes.
Essays, most of which were first published in the periodical Dissent.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: American power in the twentieth century, by M. Harrington.; title: The cold war in retrospect, by A. S. Kaufman.; title: A case against interventionism, by W. Pfaff.; title: Collective security, interventionism, and the left, by H. M. Pachter.; title: Necessity and choice in American foreign policy, by P. Green.; title: Beyond the power blocs, by R. Steel.; title: Reflections on the third world, by W. Laqueur.; title: Economic development in the backward countries, by G. Myrdal.; title: The prospects for a Maoist International, by R. Lowenthal.; title: Chinese visions and American policies, by B. Schwartz.; title: Counter-revolutionary America, by R. L. Heilbroner.; title: Economic development and democracy, by D. H. Wrong.; title: Rebuttal, by R. L. Heilbroner.; title: Surrebuttal, by D. H. Wrong.; title: The politics of disaster, by I. Howe,; title: Moral judgment in time of war, by M. Walzer.; title: Venezuela: revolution and counter-revolution, by K. Botsford.; title: Ideas of the future, by G. Lichtheim.