Impact of the First World War on U.S. Policymakers (eBook)

American Strategic and Foreign Policy Formulation, 1938-1942

Michael G. Carew (Autor)

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2014
336 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-9050-0 (ISBN)

Infos

The Impact of the First World War on U.S. Policymakers: American Strategic and Foreign Policy Formulation, 1938–1942 recounts the formulation of American foreign and defense policies through an examination of the background of the policymakers, with specific emphasis on the World War I experience. In the period from 1938 to 1942, with scant military resources, the American government began preparations for possible entry into a war against the Axis alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan. The formulation of strategic and foreign policy, based upon American perceptions and methods that would permit optimal success in war, were critical to the effort.

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The Impact of the First World War on U.S. Policymakers: American Strategic and Foreign Policy Formulation, 1938-1942 is designed to recount the formulation of foreign and defense policies through an examination of the background of the policymakers, with specific emphasis on the World War I experience. The introduction provides an analysis of the literature of the history of this American World War II policy formulation. The events and factors that led to the reorientation of priorities in 1938-1939 are examined. From that base, Michael Carew reviews the unfolding events of the European and Japanese degeneration into war through the spring of 1940, and their perception for the American policy-makers. He also recounts the tectonic shifts of the subsequent eighteen months and the scramble for an American response. The immediate consequences of Pearl Harbor brought the policymaking to a crisis, and the Casablanca conference of January 1943 signified the completion of the formulation of American foreign policy and naval-military strategy. Carew emphasizes the leadership of President Roosevelt and his cadre of planners in the policy formulation realm, the assertion of leadership of the alliance, and Roosevelt's specific tasks in managing the American war effort. These presidential tasks included the industrial mobilization of the American economy, the domestic political leadership of the war, the persuasion of the alliance to the propriety of American policy, and the defeat of the Axis.

Autor

Michael Carew is a professor of economics and finance at Baruch College.

Inhalt

List of TablesAcknowledgmentsChapter 1The Problem of Roosevelt’s Middle YearsChapter 2Powers and Constraints of Presidential LeadershipChapter 3Franklin Roosevelt and Naval StrategyChapter 4The Legacy of World War IChapter 6The Shocks of Circumstances, 1940Chapter 7Setting the Strategic Direction, 1941Chapter 8The Logic of Ends and MeansChapter 9The Evolution of a Diplomatic-Military StrategyChapter 10The Pursuit of the “Inevitable Triumph”BibliographyIndex

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.7.2014
• Zusatzinfo: 17 Illustrations including: - 8 Black & White Illustrations; - 9 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: American Strategy • Foreign Policy World War II • Franklin D. Roosevelt • John J. Pershing • The Grand Alliance • World War II Mobilization
• ISBN-10: 0-7391-9050-4 / 0739190504
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-9050-0 / 9780739190500