Awkward Dominion By Frank C. Costigliola 9780801495052 (Paperback)

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Central government policies

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Cornell university press

Awkward Dominion : Cornell University Press : 9780801495052 : 0801495059 : 04 Jan 1988 : In Awkward Dominion, Frank Costigliola offers a striking interpretation of the emergence of the United States as a world power in the 1920s, a period in which the country faced both burdens and opportunities as a result of the First World War. Exploring the key international issues in the interwar period?peace treaty revisions, Western economic recovery, and modernization?Costigliola considers American political and economic success in light of Europe's fascination with American technology, trade, and culture. The figures through which he tells this story include Herbert Hoover, Calvin Coolidge, Henry Stimson, Charles Lindberg, Ernest Hemingway, and Henry Ford.

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