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Title: From Isolation to Leadership, Revised
A Review of American Foreign Policy

Author: John Holladay Latane

Release Date: June 11, 2006 [EBook #18553]

Language: English

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FROM ISOLATION TO LEADERSHIP

REVISED

A Review of American Foreign Policy

BY

JOHN HOLLADAY LATANE, PH.D., LL.D.

PROFESSOR OF AMERICAN HISTORY AND DEAN OF THE
COLLEGE FACULTY IN THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

Author of
"The United States and Latin America"
"America as a World Power"
Etc.

GARDEN CITY ------ NEW YORK

DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

1922

COPYRIGHT, 1918, 1922, BY

DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF

TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES,

INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN

PREFACE

The first edition of this book appeared in October, 1918, a few weeks
before the signing of the Armistice, when the United States was at the
high tide of its power and influence. In view of the subsequent course
of events, some of my readers may question the propriety of the
original title. In fact, one of my friends has suggested that a more
appropriate title for the new edition would be "From Isolation to
Leadership, and Back." But I do not regard the verdict of 1920 as an
expression of the final judgment of the American people. The world
still waits on America, and sooner or later we must recognize and
assume the responsibilities of our position as a great world power.

The first nine chapters are reprinted with only a few verbal changes.
Chapter X has been rewritten, and chapters XI and XII have been added.

JOHN H. LATANE.

Baltimore, June 10, 1922.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. ORIGIN OF THE POLICY OF ISOLATION
II. FORMULATION OF THE MONROE DOCTRINE
III. THE MONROE DOCTRINE AND THE EUROPEAN BALANCE OF POWER
IV. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION WITHOUT THE SANCTION OF FORCE
V. THE OPEN-DOOR POLICY
VI. ANGLO-AMERICAN RELATIONS
VII. IMPERIAL