The great powers essays in twentieth century politics /

• Main Author: Beloff, Max Beloff, Baron, 1913-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
• Series: Routledge revivals.
• Subjects: World politics > 20th century.; POLITICAL SCIENCE > International. > Government; POLITICAL SCIENCE > General. > International Relations; Electronic books.
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This re-issued work, first published in 1959, is a collection ofëssays by BritishḧistorianÈMax Beloff, Èdesigned to help us to understandänd interpret the political problems ofẗhe twentieth century. The essays are divided into three key areas: theÈchallenges and limitations of interpretation from a...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The frontiers of political analysis
• Historians in a revolutionary age
• Self-determination reconsidered
• European association ; Britain and Europe
• Europe from Lorraine
• The federal solution in its application to Europe, Asia and Africa
• Problems of international government
• The Russian view of European integration
• Tocqueville and the Americans
• Is there an Anglo-American political tradition?
• Benjamin Franklin: international statesman
• The American way in foreign policy
• The predicament of American foreign policy
• Anti-colonialism in American foreign policy
• Theodore Roosevelt and the British Empire.