SMITH : The great departure (ajánló)
Untidy and dissatisfying though it was, American involvement in the First World War represented a very significant change of course in its history and that of the world. When the war began, Americans and their government reacted in accordance with traditional attitudes and assumptions–but they gradually began to perceive that the war had an immense significance for American self-interests and ideals. Events soon revealed the inadequacy of our reliance on policies of neutrality.
Ostensibly, the United States fought only because German submarine warfare violated our neutral rights and destroyed neutral lives–but the underlying causes ran deeper than a diplomatic debate over international law. Professor Smith explores the basic motivations that propelled the Uniféd States into conflict with Germany.
Professor Smith discusses American diplomacy offer entering the war and at the subsequent peace conference, showing that it was generally well-conceived and executed. He demonstrates how American self-interests harmonized with American ideals. Reflecting American attitudes at the time, President Wilson presented his plans for peace with a keen foresight into the realities of the modern world.
The book examines the confusion and drifting that led the Americans not only into the war but into a rejection of the Versailles Treaty. By 1919 a large number of citizens was aware that isolationism was no longer feasible but they still found it difficult to completely abandon the policies and attitudes of the past and assume the burdens of unqualified participation in the affairs of the League. America was in transition from an era of isolationism to one of vigorous internationalism—it was not yet ready for the full commitment demanded by Wilson.
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