The History of American Foreign Policy from 1895

ISBN-13: 9781032108094 / Twarda / 2024 / 704 str.

Jessica Elkind

Opis

In its 5thedition, this volume offers a clear and nuanced history of U.S. foreign relations since the Spanish-American War and places that narrative within the context of the most influential historiographical trends and debates.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Jessica Elkind is an Associate Professor of History at San Francisco State University, where she teaches on the U.S. in the world and Southeast Asia. Her publications include Aid Under Fire: Nation Building and the Vietnam War (2016). She is currently working on a study of U.S. non-military involvement in Cambodia during the 1970s.

 

Jerald A. Combs (PhD UCLA 1964) is Professor of History Emeritus at San Francisco State University. He is the author of The Jay Treaty: Political Battleground of the Founding Fathers and American Diplomatic History: Two Centuries of Changing Interpretations.