To the Farewell Address

Gilbert, Felix

ISBN 10: 0691005745 / ISBN 13: 9780691005744

Edité par Princeton University Press, 1970

N° de réf. du vendeur 0691005745-4-28969595

Synopsis :

Washington's Farewell Address comprises various aspects of American political thinking. It reaches beyond any period limited in time and reveals the basic issue of the American attitude toward foreign policy: the tension between Idealism and Realism. Settled by men who looked for gain and by men who sought freedom, born into independence in a century of enlightened thinking and of power politics, America has wavered in her foreign policy between Idealism and Realism, and her great historical moments have occurred when both were combined. Thus the history of the Farwell Address forms only part of the wider, endless, urgent problem. Felix Gilbert analyzes the diverse intellectual trends which went into the making of the Farwell Address, and sheds light on its beginnings.

À propos de l?auteur: Felix Gilbert, a professor in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, is also the author of Machiavelli and Guicciardini, editor of Hitler Directs His War, and coeditor of The Diplomats.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : To the Farewell Address
Éditeur : Princeton University Press
Date d'édition : 1970
Reliure : paperback
Etat : Fair