THE GREAT RAPPROCHEMENT: England and the U.S. 1895-1914

by Bradford Perkins ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 21, 1968

As the author points out, the period in question is one of the best-excavated in history. He has assembled a broad flow of data, but it leads to no very new or penetrating conclusions concerning America's change of heart from traditional Anglophobia to an entente based on ""community of outlook"" and short-term interest. Imperialism, Perkins observes, played a major part in changing public sentiment and government policy on both sides; imperial clashes and confluences from the Spanish-American War, the Latin American disputes and the Boer War to the race for economic penetration of China and Germany's increasing antagonism are recounted in largely diplomatic detail. ""Literary accommodations""--Henry James, for one--and journalistic comment on both sides enliven the chronicle, which offers marginal reference value for large collections.

Pub Date: June 21, 1968

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Atheneum

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 1, 1968

Categories: NONFICTION