Howard Jones

Crucible of Power (eBook, ePUB)

A History of American Foreign Relations to 1913

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Crucible of Power: A History of American Foreign Relations to 1913 presents a straightforward, balanced, and comprehensive history of American international relations from the American Revolution to 1913. Howard Jones demonstrates the complexities of the decision-making process that led to the rise and decline of the United States (relative to the ascent of other nations) in world power status. Howard Jones focuses on the personalities, security interests, and expansionist tendencies behind the formulation and implementation of U.S. foreign policy and highlights the intimate relationship between foreign and domestic policy. This updated edition includes revisions and additions aimed at making the book more attractive to students, teachers, and general readers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781442208889
• Artikelnr.: 38306152

Autorenporträt

Howard Jones is research professor in the Department of History at the University of Alabama. A recipient of both the John F. Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award for teaching and research and the Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor Award, he teaches courses in American foreign relations and the U.S.-Vietnam War.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: U.S. Imperialism and the New Manifest Destiny
1897-1900 Chapter 2: Theodore Roosevelt and the Search for World Order
1900-1913 Chapter 3: Woodrow Wilson and Missionary Diplomacy: Prologue to U.S. Entry into World War I
1913-1917 Chapter 4: World War I and the League of Nations
1917-1921 Chapter 5: The Independent Internationalism of the United States
1921-1933 Chapter 6: The Coming of World War II
1933-1939 Chapter 7: From Europe to Pearl Harbor
1939-1941 Chapter 8: Wartime Diplomacy and the Origins of the Cold War
1941-1945 Chapter 9: Cold War and Containment in Europe and the Near East
1945-1950 Chapter 10: Cold War and Containment in East Asia
1950-1953 Chapter 11: Containment Continued: The Eisenhower Years
1953-1961 Chapter 12: Containment at the Brink: Kennedy and Cuba
1961-1963 Chapter 13: Containment in Collapse: Johnson and Vietnam
1963-1969 Chapter 14: Vietnamization through Détente: A New Containment
1969-1977 Chapter 15: The New World Order: Jimmy Carter and the Diplomacy of Human Rights
1977-1981 Chapter 16: Cold War II: Reagan and the Revival of Containment
1981-1989 Chapter 17: The End of the Cold War and Regional Conflicts
1989-2001 Chapter 18: President George W. Bush and Missionary Diplomacy: 9/11
the Pre-Emptive War with Iraq
and the Global War on Terrorism
2001-