Word: magdoff
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...ideology of anti-communism as part of a larger status-quo policy, Williams' Tragedy constructed an over-arching theory for American foreign policy since the 1890's. "Open-door expansion" was its unifying theme. Far from claiming direct links between U.S. economic interests and political policy as Harry Magdoff has recently done in The Age of Imperialism, Williams focused on the ideology of intellectual, political, and business leaders. By 1898, a consensus view had emerged, to the effect "that the system of entrepreneurial capitalism could function successfully only if the marketplace constantly expanded." This conviction necessarily caused military and diplomatic...
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