America and the world / Jolyon P. Girard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Girard, Jolyon P., 1942-

Series:

Major issues in American history 1535-3192

Major issues in American history, 1535-3192

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

United States--Foreign relations.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--Sources.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xx, 304 pages : maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2001.

Summary:

Offers a complete student resource guide, with pro and con primary documents, on thirteen pivotal events in the history of United States foreign relations.

Contents:

2. Neutrality and the Farewell Address: Founding Principles in American International Relations 9

3. The Monroe Doctrine: The United States and the Hemisphere 27

4. The Trent Affair: International Affairs during the Civil War 45

5. The Open Door Notes: America and Asia 65

6. The Fourteen Points: Woodrow Wilson, the United States, and World War I 85

7. The Kellogg-Briand Pact: Pacifism in the 1920s 103

8. The Good Neighbor Policy 125

9. The Neutrality Acts and American Entry into World War II 145

10. Potsdam: The Last Wartime Conference 167

11. Joseph McCarthy and the Red Scare 189

12. Vietnam and the Paris Peace Accords: America's Longest War 209

13. The Camp David Accords: The Search for Peace in the Middle East 231

14. The Reagan-Gorbachev Summit in Reykjavik: The End of the Cold War 255.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0313312923

OCLC:

45618339