| Promise and Peril Subjects: United States -- Foreign relations -- 1865–1921; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1921–1923; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1923–1929; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1929–1933; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933–1945; Isolationi; Spreading democracy abroad or taking care of business at home is a tension as current as the war in Afghanistan and as old as America itself. Tracing the history of isolationist and internationalist ideas from the 1890s through the 1930s, Nichols reveals unexpected connections among individuals and groups from across the political spectrum who developed new visions for America's place in the world. Nichols Christopher McKnight : Christopher McKnight Nichols is the Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in U.S. History at the University of Pennsylvania. |