Essays on a Half-Century
eBook - ePub

Essays on a Half-Century

"Ideas, Policies, and Action"

  1. 202 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Essays on a Half-Century

"Ideas, Policies, and Action"

About this book

This volume reflects an effort to bring ideas to bear on major issues of domestic and foreign policy. It is an interaction of the author's working in academic and working in the realm of public service.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. 1 Introduction: Notes on a Lively Half-Century
  9. 2 The American Diplomatic Revolution
  10. 3 Marx Was a City Boy
  11. 4 The Fallacy of the Fertile Gondolas and a Reply
  12. 5 The Long Run and the Short Run
  13. 6 Some Lessons of History for Africa
  14. 7 The Planning of Foreign Policy
  15. 8 The Challenge of Democracy in Developing Nations
  16. 9 The Sharing of the Good Life
  17. 10 The Anglo-American Situation (1969)
  18. 11 The Irrelevance of the Relevant
  19. 12 An Historian Looks at History: 1970
  20. 13 The Politics of Arms Control or How to Make Nuclear Weapons Wither Away
  21. 14 For East and West, Avenues, Not Ruts
  22. 15 Two Items About LBJ
  23. 16 Foreign Policy: The President, Congress, and Public Opinion
  24. 17 What Economic Path for Western Europe?
  25. 18 Charting a Course Toward 1988