American Visions of Europe: Franklin D. Roosevelt, George F. Kennan, and Dean G. Acheson

American Visions of Europe sets three learned and elegantly written portraits against the background of the dramatic events and foreign policy controversies of the twentieth century. John Lamberton Harper’s careful examination of three men and their policies–Roosevelt’s partial internationalism, aiming at the retirement of Europe from world politics while avoiding American entanglement; Kennan’s partial isolationism, aspiring to restore Europe’s centrality and autonomy through temporary American engagement; and Acheson’s accommodating interventionism, establishing the United States as a permanent power in Europe–creates a new and unique look at the American Century through its most prominent protagonists.