Worldmaking (118 page)

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Zapata, Emiliano

Zelikow, Philip D.

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Zimmermann Telegram

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A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR

David Milne
is a senior lecturer in modern history at the University of East Anglia. He is the author of
America's Rasputin: Walt Rostow and the Vietnam War
and a senior editor of the two-volume
Oxford Encyclopedia of American Military and Diplomatic History
. Milne has held visiting fellowships at Yale University, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, and the American Philosophical Society. His writing has appeared in the
Los Angeles Times
and
The Nation
in addition to academic journals. You can sign up for email updates
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America's Rasputin: Walt Rostow and the Vietnam War

 

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CONTENTS

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Epigraph

Introduction

1.
The Philosopher of Sea Power: Alfred Thayer Mahan

2.
Kant's Best Hope: Woodrow Wilson

3.
Americans First: Charles Beard

4.
The Syndicated Oracle: Walter Lippmann

5.
The Artist: George Kennan

6.
The Scientist: Paul Nitze

7.
Metternich Redux: Henry Kissinger

8.
The Worldmaker: Paul Wolfowitz

9.
Barack Obama and the Pragmatic Renewal

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

A Note About the Author

Also by David Milne

Copyright

 

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Milne, David, 1976–

    Worldmaking: the art and science of American diplomacy / David Milne. — First edition.

         p. cm.

    Includes bibliographical references and index.

    ISBN 978-0-374-29256-0 (hardcover) — ISBN 978-0-374-71423-9 (e-book)

    1.  United States—Foreign relations—1897–1901.   2.  United States—Foreign relations—20th century.   3.  United States—Foreign relations—21st century.   4.  United States—Foreign relations—Philosophy.   5.  Statesmen—United States.   6.  Intellectuals—United States.   I.  Title.

E744. M566 2015

327.73—dc23

2015003943

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