America's Rise to World Power, 1898-1954

The New American Nation Series

by Foster Rhea Dulles

America's Rise to World Power, 1898-1954 by Foster Rhea Dulles (Paperback - Jan 1, 1955)

Genres: History

314 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1954

About the author

Foster Rhea Dulles was an American journalist, historian, and author. He specialized in political and cultural relations between the United States and East Asia, and advocated internationalism as opposed to American isolationism. The diplomats John Foster Dulles and Allen Dulles were his cousins

Reviews

[John E]

Dull, but adequate history of the subject. Plays up the continual American reversion to the tradition of "no entangling alliances" and the subsequent isolationism with American exceptionalism. The "America First" of Trump is just the newest version of this.

[Gregory]

Casts this historic of American diplomacy between 1898 and 1954 as a back-and-forth battle between isolationists and internationalists (both have long roots in American foreign policy). The timing is interiesting as this book was written in the first decade of the Cold War. Dulles clearly favors the internationalist approach. He points out that even isolationists engaged in global diplomacy but that their reliance on moral condemnation failed to achieve results without a credible threat of force. Bear in mind that this is an old book and outdated. Readers interested in American diplomatic history would be better served finding a more recent work. This book is probably most useful at this point for historians or students who want a snapshot of American attitudes about foreign policy in the middle of the twentieth century.

[Nate]

Pretty good book I read for school. Pretty long but good.