American intellectuals and the idea of an 'Atlantic Community' c.1890-1949
The dissertation explores and illuminates the largely neglected Atlanticist tradition in America that preceded the advent of the Cold War and the creation of NATO. It does so by showing that the concept of an 'Atlantic community' was developed by several intellectuals and scholars starting in the 1890s and was then re-articulated at various moments of crisis during the first half of the 20th century, each time relying on a ampler set of related assumptions. Central to early Atlanticist views was a reflection on the logic of international relations and the sources of world order. The Atlantic community conveyed the vision of an international order built on the core of the 'Atlantic democracies' but capable of expanding globally as additional countries came to accept the political and economic principles of the 'liberal Western tradition'. In so arguing, the dissertation challenges the widespread belief that the vision of an Atlantic West, even in its pre-Cold War dimension, mainly revolved around the anticipation of a struggle between America and Russia and the expectation of American hegemony over Europe. It argues instead that, from its earliest days, the Atlantic community was a much broader worldview, whose
Alessandri, Emiliano
American intellectuals and the idea of an 'Atlantic Community' c.1890-1949. The dissertation explores and illuminates the largely neglected Atlanticist tradition in America that preceded the advent of the Cold War and the creation of NATO. It does so by showing that the concept of an 'Atlantic community' was developed by several intellectuals and scholars starting in the 1890s and was then re-articulated at various moments of crisis during the first half of the 20th century, each time relying on a ampler set of related assumptions. Central to early Atlanticist views was a reflection on the logic of international relations and the sources of world order. The Atlantic community conveyed the vision of an international order built on the core of the 'Atlantic democracies' but capable of expanding globally as additional countries came to accept the political and economic principles of the 'liberal Western tradition'. In so arguing, the dissertation challenges the widespread belief that the vision of an Atlantic West, even in its pre-Cold War dimension, mainly revolved around the anticipation of a struggle between America and Russia and the expectation of American hegemony over Europe. It argues instead that, from its earliest days, the Atlantic community was a much broader worldview, whose
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