THE OP-ED HISTORY OF AMERICA

In: The national interest, Band 37, S. 16-29

Abstract

THIS ARTICLE EXPLORES THREE LESSONS WHICH IT THEN GOES ON TO DEFINE AS MYTHS OF NINETEENTH AND TWENTIESTH-CENTURY U.S. FOREIGN POLICY. THESE LESSONS ARE 1) THE LESSON OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT, 2) THE LESSON OF THE PAX BRITANNICA, AND 3) THE LESSON OF SMOOT-HAWLEY. AFTER EXPLORING EACH OF THESE AREAS, IT CONCLUDES THAT LEARNING FROM HISTORY IS DANGEROUS WHEN THE LESSONS THAT ARE LEARNED ARE WRONG.