{"product_id":"crossroads-of-decision-the-state-department-and-foreign-policy-1933-1937-9780813190570","title":"Crossroads of Decision: The State Department and Foreign Policy, 1933-1937","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this provocative interpretation of New Deal diplomacy, Howard Jablon challenges the view that the State Department was wiser and more expert at international maneuver than was President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the early years of his presidency. These were years of growing world tension, with the preliminary shots of World War II being fired as Japan took over Manchuria, Italy made Ethiopia an extension of its new Roman Empire, and all the European great powers tried out their new weaponry in Spain. The author argues that the department's advice in this period actually led to unfortunate decisions which later had a considerable impact on events leading to World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormer Secretary of State Cordell Hull wrote in his memoirs that the United States was at the \"oriental crossroads of decision\" in 1934. Hull and his colleagues in the State Department did not suggest blocking the Japanese. Instead, they recommended continuing the ineffective nonrecognition policy. Consequently, the roads taken by American diplomacy at this and other junctures were equally unfortunate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo date no one has criticized the influence of the State Department on New Deal diplomacy. \u003ci\u003eCrossroads of Decision\u003c\/i\u003e represents a timely and important contribution to our understanding of both the State Department and foreign policy in this interwar period of rapid change, when diplomatic courses were set that allowed for no turning back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Howard Jablon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kentucky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.45d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813190570\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoward Jablon\u003c\/b\u003e, author of numerous articles in the field of diplomatic history, is professor of history at Purdue University, North Central Campus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Kentucky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40177485381747,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":26.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_43c8a0b2-37d7-405b-9b4f-64ad0cae4c02.jpg?v=1655385961","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/crossroads-of-decision-the-state-department-and-foreign-policy-1933-1937-9780813190570","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}