Mixed Messages: American Politics and International Organization 1919-1999Brookings Institution Press, 01.12.2010 - 394 Seiten 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. A Century Foundation Book |
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The Price of Uncertainty and Division | 1 |
A Special Nation Peerless and Indispensable | 15 |
The Burden of Exceptionalism | 19 |
The Indispensable United States | 23 |
The Universal United Nations | 29 |
Are Americans Out of Step with the Rest of the World? | 34 |
National Interests Sovereignty and Global Governance | 41 |
Big or Small Near or Far | 42 |
Whos in Control? The Question of Foreign Command of US Forces | 184 |
Who Owes Whom? Paying for Peacekeeping Support Costs | 193 |
Reform for All Seasons | 196 |
Unfinished Business in Planning the League and the UN | 198 |
An Early Frost | 201 |
Barriers to Reform | 205 |
Reform as a Way of Life | 210 |
Congress and UN Reform | 219 |
Promise or Threat? | 48 |
A Global Tax Man? | 51 |
Nationalism and Global Institutions | 55 |
Inhibiting US Freedom of Action or Multiplying Its Reach? | 61 |
Evolving Notions of Sovereignty | 68 |
Enemies Within Enemies Without | 76 |
Those Wily Europeans | 78 |
Communists at Turtle Bay | 83 |
Race Class and Their Legacies | 89 |
America in Loyal Opposition | 105 |
An Unfriendly Place? | 106 |
Beijing In Taipei Out | 111 |
Rock Bottom? The ZionismRacism Fiasco | 113 |
A League of Democracies? | 118 |
Acting Globally and Thinking Locally | 120 |
Permanent Opposition? | 128 |
Dilemmas of Force | 133 |
Peace through War? | 139 |
The Veto National Security and the Use of Force | 147 |
Keeping the Peace National Interests and International Commitments | 163 |
Uncertain Interests OpenEnded Commitments | 164 |
The President Congress and War Powers | 175 |
Who Should Pay for the UN? | 224 |
Burden Sharing and Legal Obligations | 228 |
UN Bonds | 230 |
The Article 19 Crisis | 233 |
Legal Relativity and the Withholding Habit | 238 |
The Withholding Debate | 243 |
Layers of Mistrust | 250 |
The Political Landscape | 254 |
Debate Postponed Issues Unresolved | 255 |
Broad Measures of Support | 260 |
Who Are the Believers Skeptics and Opponents? | 268 |
A Mission Impossible? | 271 |
Old Realities New Opportunities | 280 |
No Shortcuts or Easy Solutions | 284 |
Toward a New Domestic Compact | 286 |
Toward a New International Compact | 291 |
Catalyst or Lightning Rod? | 298 |
The Key to Opening or Locking the Door? | 303 |
Notes | 307 |
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Mixed Messages: American Politics and International Organization 1919-1999 Edward C. Luck Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2010 |
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