Mixed Messages: American Politics and International Organization 1919-1999

by Edward C. Luck

Book Overview

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At the turn of the century, the United States is on the verge of losing its vote in the General Assembly for non-payment of its arrears. There are eerie parallels between the domestic debate over the United Nations in 1999 and the struggles over the League of Nations in 1919. Why, many ask, are Americans the first to create international organizations and the first to abandon them? What is it about the American political culture that breeds both...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815753071
• ISBN13: 9780815753070
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"