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Powaski's study analyzes why the U.S. pursued a policy of political and military isolationism toward Europe, and how the upheavals of the 20th century necessitated the abandonment of this policy by 1950.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction: American Isolationism until 1901 The Emergence of American Internationalism, 1901-1921 Republican Isolationism, 1921-1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Isolationists, and the Aggressors, 1933-1939 The Road to War, 1939-1941 The Grand Alliance, 1941-1943 The Road to Victory, 1944-1945 The Collapse of the Grand Alliance, 1945-1947 The Creation of the North Atlantic Alliance, 1947-1950 Conclusion: The Entangling Alliance Suggested Readings Index

About the Author

RONALD E. POWASKI teaches advanced placement American history at Euclid Senior High School in Euclid, Ohio. He also teaches American history, part-time, at John Carroll University and Cleveland State University. Dr. Powaski holds a Ph. D. in history and has authored March to Armageddon: The United States and the Nuclear Arms Race, 1939 to the Present and Thomas Merton on Nuclear Weapons.

Reviews

?This book provides a state-of-the-art summary of well-known information selected and organized to illustrate an entirely familiar viewpoint.?-The Journal of American History

?Toward an Entangling Alliance is a useful analysis of the key events and historiographical disputes of that momentous period.?-The Annals of the American Academy

"Toward an Entangling Alliance is a useful analysis of the key events and historiographical disputes of that momentous period."-The Annals of the American Academy

"This book provides a state-of-the-art summary of well-known information selected and organized to illustrate an entirely familiar viewpoint."-The Journal of American History