Screen LibraryEvery citizen a statesman : the dream of a democratic foreign policy in the American century /
"As US power grew after WWI, officials and nonprofits joined to promote citizen participation in world affairs. In Every Citizen a Statesman David Allen traces the rise and fall of the Foreign Policy Association, a public-education initiative that retreated in the atomic age, scuttling dreams o...
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Harvard University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : |
| Publication Dates: | 2023. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"As US power grew after WWI, officials and nonprofits joined to promote citizen participation in world affairs. In Every Citizen a Statesman David Allen traces the rise and fall of the Foreign Policy Association, a public-education initiative that retreated in the atomic age, scuttling dreams of democratic foreign policy and solidifying the technocratic national security model"-- |
| Carrier Form: | 333 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780674248984 0674248988 |
| Index Number: | JZ27 |
| CLC: |
D771.29 D871.29 |
| Call Number: | D871.29/A425 |
| Contents: | Introduction: Destiny and democracy -- "Foreign relations was something for women" -- The fact cult -- The war for democracy -- How to teach a city to lead the world -- World affairs are your affairs -- Who, me? -- The diplomatic one percent -- Epilogue: A foreign policy for the American people? |