A. J. P. Taylor Quote

American statesmen might like some Europeans more than others and even detect quaint resemblances to their own outlook; but they no more committed themselves to a particular group or country than a nineteenth-century missionary committed himself to the African tribe in which he happened to find himself.

"The Great War: The Triumph of E. D. Morel", p. 157. - The Trouble Makers: Dissent over Foreign Policy, 1792-1939 (1957)