Dangerous Nation Trilogy Dangerous Nation: America's Foreign Policy from Its Earliest Days to the Dawn of the Twentieth Century, (Paperback)

from Scapegoats

Good analysis of American foreign relations until the 20th century. Essentially an economic analysis, which is very convincing. The weakness is his dismissal of other motivations, particularly American exceptionalism. There are other times when he uses some questionable sources. His overall messa...

from ebethe

The author definitely has a story to tell, and the discussions that the facts in the book open are endless, but book got "real long, real fast". Many paragraphs were too long. The book, which I found to be only volume 1 of a planned 2 volume set, could easily have been half the length. It was alm...

from vguy

Excellent account of US history from the earliest colonial days to end of 19th century, with emphasis on foreign policy. Busts the isolationist myth from the start. Even Washington's non-involvement statement is shown as having specific and limited application. Tells the story largely through the...

from vguy

Excellent account of US history from the earliest colonial days to end of 19th century, with emphasis on foreign policy. Busts the isolationist myth from the start. Even Washington's non-involvement statement is shown as having specific and limited application. Tells the story largely through the...