A Breakfast for Bonaparte: U.S. National Security Interests from the Heights of Abraham to the Nuclear Age

Abstract

Contents: Part 1 - By Way of Conceptual Framework: On War and Peace; The State System: The Balance of Power and the Concept of Peace; The Quest for Peace: From the Congress of Vienna to the United Nations Charter; Part II - America's Diplomatic Apprenticeship, 1776-1947: From Sea to Shining Sea: America's Conception of Its Foreign Policy; Europe's Troubles, America's Opportunity, 1776-1801; Europe's Troubles, America's Opportunity, 1801-1830; The United States Within the Concert of Europe, 1830-1865; Premonitions of Change, 1865-1914; The Death of the Vienna System, July 1914; The Vienna System Reborn, April 1917; The Interwar Years: The Precarious Birth of the Modern World, 1919- 1920; Part III - The Age of Truman and Acheson, 1945 to the Present: The Soviet Union Reaches for Hegemony: The Stalin Years; The Nuclear Dimension: A Case Study; Conclusion: The Gorbachev Era and Beyond.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA276653

Entities

People

  • Eugene V. Rostow

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Geography
  • Health Services
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Political Systems
  • Public Policy
  • Recreation
  • Sociopolitics
  • Topography
  • Treaties

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Political Science/ International Relations/ European Studies