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

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 (1884-1951), who played a crucial role in moving

Author: Lawrence S. Kaplan
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 05/19/2015
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780813160559

About the Author

Lawrence S. Kaplan is emeritus director of the Lyman L. Lemnitzer Center for NATO and European Union Studies at Kent State University and a professorial lecturer in history at Georgetown University. He is the author or editor of more than two dozen books, including NATO Divided, NATO United: The Evolution of an Alliance and NATO 1948: The Birth of the Transatlantic Alliance.

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