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At the turn of the century, the United States is on the verge of losing its vote in the General Assembly for non-payment of its arrears. There are eerie parallels between the domestic debate over the United Nations in 1999 and the struggles over the League of Nations in 1919. Why, many ask, are Americans the first to create international organizations and the first to abandon them? What is it about the American political culture that breeds both the most ardent supporters and the most vocal detractors of international organization? And why can't they find any common ground?
In seeking to uncover the roots of American ambivalence toward international organization, this political history presents the first major analysis of U.S. attitudes toward both the United Nations and the League of Nations. It traces eight themes that have resurfaced again and again in congressional and public debates over the course of this century: exceptionalism, sovereignty, nativism and racism, unilateralism, security, commitments, reform, and burden-sharing. It assesses recent domestic political trends and calls for the development of two interactive political compacts--one domestic and one international--to place U.S.-UN relations on a new footing.
About the Author
Edward C. Luck, a leading commentator for a quarter century and president of the United Nations Association from 1984 to 1994, heads the Center for the Study of International Organization of the NYU School of Law and the Woodrow Wilson School of Princeton University. His previous books include Arms Control: The Multilateral Alternative (NYU Press, 1983).
Mixed Messages: American Politics and International Organization, 1919-1999 (Century Foundation Books (Brookings Paperback)),Edward C. Luck,Brookings Institution Press,0815753071,1945-1989,20th century,Foreign relations,Government - U.S. Government,History,History & Theory - General,International Relations - General,Political,Political Science,Political culture,Politics / Current Events,Politics and government,Politics/International Relations,Public opinion,United States,International institutions,Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies,Political science & theory,Political, socio-economic & strategic groupings,USA
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