The Great Anglo-Celtic Divide in the History of American Foreign Relations
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The Great Anglo-Celtic Divide in the History of American Foreign Relations

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The Great Anglo-Celtic Divide in the History of American Foreign Relations

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Positing that presidents shape America's foreign policy according to their ethnic heritage, this intriguing volume examines two groups that have dominated the presidency and the distinctly different agendas that have resulted. How is American foreign policy determined? The Great Anglo-Celtic Divide in the History of American Foreign Relations approaches that question from a fascinating perspective, arguing that, to a large extent, the answer lies in the ethnicity of the president. To make its point, this book examines the key foreign policies of American presidents from George Washington to George W. Bush and shows how their most important foreign policy decisions have tended to follow an ethnic pattern. The presidency has been dominated by Americans from English or Celtic backgrounds since the nation's founding, and as readers will discover, the foreign policies of the two groups have been very different. To document those differences, this book analyzes seven alternating periods of political domination by Anglo-Americans and Celtic-Americans, demonstrating how the cycle of change affected the shape and distinguishing characteristics of U.S. foreign policy in matters of war and peace and in relations with other countries.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Series Foreword
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1 The Bi-Cultural Roots of American Foreign Policy
  9. Chapter 2 Rum versus Whiskey: The Faithless First Anglo-American Republic, the Break with France, and the Persecution of the Alien Irish
  10. Chapter 3 Cavaliers and Irish: An Alliance Renewed in America
  11. Chapter 4 The Rapacious First Celtic-American Republic: The Age of Jackson
  12. Chapter 5 From the Mexican War to the Brink of Civil War
  13. Chapter 6 The Crusading Second Anglo-American Republic: Puritan Counterattack and Global Ambitions
  14. Chapter 7 Confronting the English Cousins
  15. Chapter 8 The Second Celtic-American Republic: McKinley’s Anti-Catholic Crusade
  16. Chapter 9 Bullies in the Pulpit: Foreign Warfare under the Celts from Theodore Roosevelt to Wilson
  17. Chapter 10 “Normalcy”: The Grand Plan of the Third Anglo-American Republic and the Global Pursuit of Raw Materials
  18. Chapter 11 The Age of Terror: The Third Celtic-American Republic: Truman’s Presidency and the Birth of the Cold War
  19. Chapter 12 German-American Interlude: Eisenhower’s Legacy of Fear and Ashes
  20. Chapter 13 From Brink to Bog to Helicopter
  21. Chapter 14 War Drums: Carter and Reagan
  22. Chapter 15 The Fourth Anglo-American Republic: Oil and Petrodollar Wars
  23. Chapter 16 Virginia Cassidy’s Son: An Irish-American Interlude
  24. Chapter 17 The Prodigal Son: Bush Junior and the Second Oil and Petrodollar War
  25. Bibliography
  26. Index
  27. About the Author
  28. eCopyright