From colony to superpower : U.S. foreign relations since 1776 / George C. Herring.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herring, George C., 1936-2022, author.

Series:

Oxford history of the United States.

Oxford scholarship online.

The Oxford history of the United States

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1054 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Herring uses foreign relations as the lens through which to tell the story of America's dramatic rise from 13 disparate colonies huddled along the Atlantic coast to the world's greatest superpower. This volume documents America's interaction with other peoples and nations of the world.

Contents:

"To begin the world over again" : foreign policy and the birth of the republic, 1776-1778

"None who can make us afraid" : the new republic in a hostile world, 1789-1801

"Purified as by fire" : republicanism challenged and reaffirmed, 1801-1815

"Leave the rest to us" : the assertive republic, 1815-1837

"A dose of arsenic" : slavery, expansionism, and the road to disunion, 1837-1861

"Last best hope" : the Union, the Confederacy, and Civil War diplomacy, 1861-1877

"A good enough England" : foreign relations in the Gilded Age, 1877-1893

The War of 1898 and the dawn of the American century, 1893-1901

"Bursting with good intentions" : the United States in world affairs, 1901-1913

"A new age" : Wilson, the Great War, and U.S. foreign policy, 1913-1921

Involvement without commitment, 1921-1931

The great transformation : depression, isolationism, and war, 1931-1941

"Five continents and seven seas" : World War II and the emergence of American globalism, 1941-1945

"A noble burden far from our shores" : Truman, the Cold War, and the revolution in American foreign policy, 1945-1953

Coexistence and crises, 1953-1961

Gulliver's troubles: Kennedy, Johnson, and the limits of power, 1961-1969

Nixon, Kissinger, and the end of the postwar era, 1969-1974

Foreign policy in an age of dissonance, 1974-1981

"A unique and extraordinary time in world history" : Gorbachev, Reagan, Bush, and the end of the Cold War, 1981-1991

The strength of a giant : America as hyper-power, 1992-2007.

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771328-9

0-19-974377-0

1-281-86819-1

9786611868192

0-19-972343-5

OCLC:

299054528