A Covenant with Power: America and World Order from Wilson to Reagan

by Lloyd C. Gardner

Book Overview

This revisionist interpretation of American diplomacy since World War I begins by examining the heritage of Woodrow Wilson, whose idealistic search for a League of Nations turned instead into a covenant with power. Gardner then presents stimulating new discussions of FDR's use of power politics, the Cold War years, and the Vietnam War, ending with an assessment of power politics under the Nixon, Carter, and Reagan administrations. Original and incisive,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195040090
• ISBN13: 9780195040098
• Release Date: May 1986
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.0"