The Twentieth Century American Being A Comparative Study Of The
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AN ANGLO-AMERICAN ALLIANCE 5
The Avoidance of Entangling Alliances--What the Injunction Meant--What it Cannot Mean To-day--The Interests of the United States, no less than those of England, Demand an Alliance--But Larger Interests than those of the Two Peoples are Involved--American Responsiveness to Ideals--The Greatest Ideal of All, Universal Peace: the Practicability of its Attainment--America's Responsibility--Misconceptions of the British Empire--Germany's Position--American Susceptibilities.