This important text offers a clear, concise and affordable narrative and analytical history of American foreign policy since the Spanish-American War. The book narrates events and policies but goes further to emphasize the international setting and constraints within which American policy-makers had to operate, the domestic pressures on those policy-makers, and the ideologies, preferences, and personal idiosyncrasies of the leaders themselves.
This important text offers a clear, concise and affordable narrative and analytical history of American foreign policy since the Spanish-American War. The book narrates events and policies but goes further to emphasize the international setting and constraints within which American policy-makers had to operate, the domestic pressures on those policy-makers, and the ideologies, preferences, and personal idiosyncrasies of the leaders themselves.
List of Maps Preface 1. The Spanish-American War and the Decision for Empire 2. The Surge into Asia: Empire in the Philippines and the Open Door in China 3. The Surge into Latin America: Varieties of American Empire 4. Europe, America, and World War I 5. The United States and the Peace of Versailles 6. U.S. Foreign Policy Between the World Wars 7. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Coming of World War II 8. The Diplomacy of World War II and the Seeds of the Cold War 9. Harry Truman and the Onset of the Cold War 10. The New Look of Dwight D. Eisenhower 11. John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and the Strategy of Flexible Response 12. The Vietnam War 13. Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger: Manipulating the Balance of Power 14. Time Bombs in the Middle East 15. Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and the Demise of Détente, 1976-1984 16. The End of the Cold War 17. American Foreign Policy in the Aftermath of the Cold War 18. 9/11 19. Barack Obama and the Post-9/11 World Index About the Author
1. The Spanish-American War and the Decision for Empire 2. The Surge into Asia: Empire in the Philippines and the Open Door in China 3. The Surge into Latin America: Varieties of American Empire 4. Europe, America, and World War I 5. The United States and the Peace of Versailles 6. U.S. Foreign Policy between the World Wars 7. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Road to World War II 8. The Diplomacy of World War II and the Seeds of the Cold War 9. Harry Truman and the Onset of the Cold War 10. Crisis and Confrontation during the 1950s 11. John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and the Strategy of Flexible Response 12. War in Vietnam 13. Manipulating the Balance of Power 14. Time Bombs in the Middle East 15. Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and the Demise of Détente, 1976-1984 16. The End of the Cold War 17. The Aftermath of the Cold War: American Foreign Policy during the 1990s 18. 9/11 and the War on Terror 19. The Challenges of Global Leadership
List of Maps Preface 1. The Spanish-American War and the Decision for Empire 2. The Surge into Asia: Empire in the Philippines and the Open Door in China 3. The Surge into Latin America: Varieties of American Empire 4. Europe, America, and World War I 5. The United States and the Peace of Versailles 6. U.S. Foreign Policy Between the World Wars 7. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Coming of World War II 8. The Diplomacy of World War II and the Seeds of the Cold War 9. Harry Truman and the Onset of the Cold War 10. The New Look of Dwight D. Eisenhower 11. John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and the Strategy of Flexible Response 12. The Vietnam War 13. Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger: Manipulating the Balance of Power 14. Time Bombs in the Middle East 15. Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and the Demise of Détente, 1976-1984 16. The End of the Cold War 17. American Foreign Policy in the Aftermath of the Cold War 18. 9/11 19. Barack Obama and the Post-9/11 World Index About the Author
1. The Spanish-American War and the Decision for Empire 2. The Surge into Asia: Empire in the Philippines and the Open Door in China 3. The Surge into Latin America: Varieties of American Empire 4. Europe, America, and World War I 5. The United States and the Peace of Versailles 6. U.S. Foreign Policy between the World Wars 7. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Road to World War II 8. The Diplomacy of World War II and the Seeds of the Cold War 9. Harry Truman and the Onset of the Cold War 10. Crisis and Confrontation during the 1950s 11. John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and the Strategy of Flexible Response 12. War in Vietnam 13. Manipulating the Balance of Power 14. Time Bombs in the Middle East 15. Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and the Demise of Détente, 1976-1984 16. The End of the Cold War 17. The Aftermath of the Cold War: American Foreign Policy during the 1990s 18. 9/11 and the War on Terror 19. The Challenges of Global Leadership
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