Full Description
This best-selling text presents the best synthesis of current scholarship available to emphasize the theme of expansionism and its manifestations.
Contents
1. Imperialist Leap, 1895-1900.
2. Managing, Policing, and Extending the Empire, 1900-1914.
3. War, Peace, and Revolution in the Time of Wilson, 1914-1920.
4. Descending into Europe's Maelstrom, 1920-1939.
5. Asia, Latin America, and the Vagaries of Power, 1920-1939.
6. Survival and Spheres: The Allies and the Second World War, 1939-1945.
7. An All-Embracing Struggle: The Cold War Begins, 1945-1950.
8. Cold War Prism: The Korean War and Eisenhower-Dulles Foreign Relations, 1950-1961.
9. Passing the Torch: The Vietnam Years, 1961-1969.
10. Détente and Disequilibrium, 1969-1981.
11. A New World Order? Reagan, Bush, and Clinton, 1981-2001.
12. Millennial America: Foreign Relations Since 2001.
Appendix: Makers of American Foreign Relations.
General Bibliography.