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The American Age: United States Foreign Policy at Home and Abroad, 1750 to Present » Read Now
by Walter Lafeber. 800 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...that shaped U.S. foreign policy long after...Ports furnish Us with Arms...momentous for U.S. foreign policy. Henceforth...WILL RENDER US RESPECTABLE...to guide us," he...
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U.S. Foreign Policy since 1945 » Read Now
by Alan P. Dobson, Steve Marsh. 160 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

This second edition of a successful book has been updated and extended and, as its predecessor did, presents students with an essential and concise introduction to postwar US foreign policy.This book explores the key questions of who makes policy, why, in what style or tradition, under what kinds of...
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This second edition of a successful book has been updated and extended and, as its predecessor did, presents students with an essential and concise introduction to postwar US foreign policy.This book explores the key questions of who makes policy, why, in what style or tradition, under what kinds of democratic controls and in what kind of international environment.Updated to include recent developments in US foreign policy, and with expanded chapters, this new edition provides challenging and thought-provoking analysis of the crucial issues, including:* the accession of George W. Bush* September 11 and the recent war in Iraq* containment* presidential war powers* realism and idealism* the Cuban missile crisis* Vietnam, Panama, Yugoslavia and Kosovo* the New World Order* US interventionism and exit strategies.With a student-friendly chronology, expanded referencing, and a new conclusion that unites the themes of the book and looks toward the future, this will undoubtedly be as widely-used and popular as the excellent first edition.
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Pursuing the National Interest: Moments of Transition in Twentieth-Century American Foreign Policy » Read Now
by Karl K. Schonberg. 281 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, History, Entire Library

The history of twentieth-century American foreign policy presents an indictment of classical and structural realism and systemic theories of international relations more generally. Examining five crucial movements of transition in American foreign policy making - before and after each of the world...
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The history of twentieth-century American foreign policy presents an indictment of classical and structural realism and systemic theories of international relations more generally. Examining five crucial movements of transition in American foreign policy making - before and after each of the world wars and the end of the Cold War - Shonberg argues that the national interest resides mostly in the eye of the beholder, and that the idiosyncratic perceptions, beliefs, and values of individuals are of vital importance in the policy process. Thus, America's recent experiences in global politics, interpreted through the lens of national ideology, has defined and created the ultimate shape of a new foreign policy.
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Imbalance of Powers: Constitutional Interpretation and the Making of American Foreign Policy » Read Now
by Gordon Silverstein. 276 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

...on the institutions of government and on Americas foreign and domestic policy. But these events happened for many pragmatic reasons...immediate decisions; the increasing...
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Isolationism Reconfigured: American Foreign Policy for a New Century » Read Now
by Eric A. Nordlinger. 335 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

This iconoclastic and fundamental work, Eric Nordlinger's last, advocates a new variant of isolationism, a "national strategy" confining U.S. military actions largely to North America and to neighboring sea-and air- lanes but encouraging international activism and engagement in nonsecurity realms...
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This iconoclastic and fundamental work, Eric Nordlinger's last, advocates a new variant of isolationism, a "national strategy" confining U.S. military actions largely to North America and to neighboring sea-and air- lanes but encouraging international activism and engagement in nonsecurity realms. In Nordlinger's view, disengaging from security commitments on distant shores would liberate the United States to use its resources and decision-making powers to act more effectively abroad in matters of economic policy and human rights. A national strategy would then become a powerful new method of encouraging international ideals of democracy, and isolationism would be freed of its previous associations with appeasement, weakness, economic protectionism, and self-serving nationalism.
Nordlinger draws on the recent historical record to show that a national strategy would have lessened the perils of earlier decades, including those of the Cold War. While real dangers did exist during this period, engaged strategies, such as containment, too often exacerbated them. The United States could have effectively and far less expensively helped to
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American Foreign Policy: Consensus at Home, Leadership Abroad » Read Now
by Karl von Vorys. 380 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

We may be at an historic turning point. We live in a dangerous world, it is true--but it is also a world filled with opportunity. Democracy is spreading in Latin America and perhaps in Asia and Africa. The political polarization of the world has receded. Once again, the human race may be on the...
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We may be at an historic turning point. We live in a dangerous world, it is true--but it is also a world filled with opportunity. Democracy is spreading in Latin America and perhaps in Asia and Africa. The political polarization of the world has receded. Once again, the human race may be on the verge of a quantum jump, and the U.S. has an historic opportunity to lead the world into a new, even more advanced, global civilization. That is why the crafting of our foreign policy is so important. And this book outlines the problems--and their solutions--of that policy. It will be of vital interest to students and policy makers.
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Documents of American Diplomacy: From the American Revolution to the Present » Read Now
by Michael D. Gambone. 580 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

As a young republic, an emerging imperial power, a combatant in the Cold War, or the world's last remaining superpower, America has exercised a pivotal influence on world affairs throughout its history. Through documents drawn from every period of American history, this book offers a comprehensive...
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As a young republic, an emerging imperial power, a combatant in the Cold War, or the world's last remaining superpower, America has exercised a pivotal influence on world affairs throughout its history. Through documents drawn from every period of American history, this book offers a comprehensive examination of American diplomacy from its revolutionary roots to the present day. The book offers the insight necessary to understand American priorities in both the 20th and the 21st centuries.
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Paths Not Taken: Speculations on American Foreign Policy and Diplomatic History, Interests, Ideals, and Power » Read Now
by Jonathan M. Nielson. 221 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

In America's foreign affairs there has been a delicate balance between often conflicting imperatives of interests, ideals, and power. How these imperatives have interacted to shape the constellation of American foreign policy decisions throughout the nation's history and, indeed, how they have...
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In America's foreign affairs there has been a delicate balance between often conflicting imperatives of interests, ideals, and power. How these imperatives have interacted to shape the constellation of American foreign policy decisions throughout the nation's history and, indeed, how they have served to advance or subvert attainment of America's regional, hemispheric and global ambitions, is the subject of this study. This collection of essays explores seminal decisions in American foreign policy and diplomatic history, from the early National period to the Vietnam War, each of which proved to be a turning point, and then asks readers to consider alternative futures based upon different courses of action. Nielson underscores how history could, and perhaps should, have been different.
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United States Foreign Policy in the Interwar Period, 1918-1941: The Golden Age of American Diplomatic and Military Complacency » Read Now
by Benjamin D. Rhodes. 232 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library
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Out of the Cold: New Thinking for American Foreign and Defense Policy in the 21st Century » Read Now
by Robert S. McNamara. 223 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...World War II, U.S. foreign and defense policy has focused on...believe for most of us--to conceive of...Plan as part of a U.S. policy of "world domination...course of...
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War and Cold War in American Foreign Policy, 1942-62 » Read Now
by Dale Carter, Robin Clifton. 250 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

Making use of newly-researched archival materials, this collection of original essays on wartime and post-war US foreign policy re-evaluates well-known crises and documents many less familiar aspects of the nation's mid-twentieth century conflicts. Leading diplomatic historians address familiar...
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Making use of newly-researched archival materials, this collection of original essays on wartime and post-war US foreign policy re-evaluates well-known crises and documents many less familiar aspects of the nation's mid-twentieth century conflicts. Leading diplomatic historians address familiar subjects from new angles. They offer new evidence about the risks run and the costs incurred in the prosecution of the Cold War, from Korea to the Caribbean. And they provide an up-to-date accounting of mid-twentieth century American diplomacy's global purposes and consequences.
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Diversity and U.S. Foreign Policy: A Reader » Read Now
by Ernest J. Wilson III. 386 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

As the public face of America has changed, so has its foreign policy. Diversity and US Foreign Policy: A Reader goes beyond the traditional texts - that focus on foreign policy only as a contest between super-powers - to grapple with multiculturalism in America and multi-polarism in the...
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As the public face of America has changed, so has its foreign policy. Diversity and US Foreign Policy: A Reader goes beyond the traditional texts - that focus on foreign policy only as a contest between super-powers - to grapple with multiculturalism in America and multi-polarism in the international state. This volume brings together the best and most recent work on the domestic causes of American foreign policy. The articles meet at the intersection of two critical phenomena: the expansion of politically relevant diversity within the US population and the simultaneous expansion of political and economic power of diverse nations globally. Essays examine multiculturalism and foreign policy in general, along with European, Latino, Asian, Jewish, African and Arab-Americans and their relationship to US foreign policy making.
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The Entangling Alliance: The United States and European Security, 1950-1993 » Read Now
by Ronald E. Powaski. 261 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

In an earlier study, Toward an Entangling Alliance: American Isolationism, Internationalism, and Europe, 1901-1950, Powaski described the events, factors, and personalities that contributed to the American decision to abandon a century-and-a-half-old isolationist tradition and join an "entangling"...
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In an earlier study, Toward an Entangling Alliance: American Isolationism, Internationalism, and Europe, 1901-1950, Powaski described the events, factors, and personalities that contributed to the American decision to abandon a century-and-a-half-old isolationist tradition and join an "entangling" alliance with European nations. This study is a continuation of the story of America's involvement in Europe's security affairs since 1950. In it, Powaski explains why America expanded its military commitment to Europe--including the stationing of U.S. combat forces, both nuclear and conventional, on the continent--and why the U.S. military presence in Europe is now declining. In addition, Powaski describes the issues and personalities that have divided, as well as united, the United States and its European allies, and why, despite these disagreements, America's involvement in the entangling alliance is likely to endure.
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Peace & Freedom: Foreign Policy for a Constitutional Republic » Read Now
by Ted Galen Carpenter. 318 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

Previously published essays on a wide range of subjects by
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Counterrevolution: U.S. Foreign Policy » Read Now
by Edward Boorstein, Regula Boorstein. 340 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

A carefully researched, original examination of the central focus of American foreign policy since 1917 with specific attention to the USSR, China, Cuba, Vietnam, Nicaragua, Central and Southern Africa to show that U.S. government policy must change so as to help end poverty, instability, exploitation and aggression.
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Foreign Affairs and the United States Constitution » Read Now
by Louis Henkin. 656 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

This study examines the constitutional jurisprudence of the United States as it relates to US foreign affairs. Illumination is offered on topics such as relations between Congress and the President as they relate to the use of military force.