The Conversion of Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg: From Isolation to International Engagement

by Lawrence S. Kaplan

Book Overview

The United States has looked inward throughout most of its history, preferring to avoid "foreign entanglements," as George Washington famously advised. After World War II, however, Americans became more inclined to break with the past and take a prominent place on the world stage. Much has been written about the influential figures who stood at the center of this transformation, but remarkably little attention has been paid to Arthur H. Vandenberg...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813160553
• ISBN13: 9780813160559
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary