American foreign relations since independence / Richard Dean Burns, Joseph M. Siracusa, and Jason C. Flanagan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burns, Richard Dean.

Contributor:

Flanagan, Jason C.

Siracusa, Joseph M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political culture--United States--History.

Political culture.

United States--Foreign relations--History.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (408 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

American Foreign Relations since Independence explores the relationship of American policies to national interest and the limits of the nation's power, reinterpreting the nature and history of American foreign relations.The book brings together the collective knowledge of three generations of diplomatic historians to create a readily accessible introduction to the subject. The authors explicitly challenge and reject the perennial debates about isolationism versus internationalism, instead asserting that American foreign relations have been characterized by the permanent tension inherent in America's desire to engage with the world and its equally powerful determination to avoid &quote;entanglement&quote; in the world's troubles. This work is ideally suited as a resource for students of politics, international affairs, and history, and it will provide compelling insights for informed general readers.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication Page

Table of Contents

Preface

1. The Diplomacy of the Revolution

2. The New Republic in a World at War

3. The War of 1812: Reestablishing American Independence

4. The Monroe Doctrine and Latin American Independence

5. Manifest Destiny Triumphant: Oregon, Texas, and California

6. A House Divided: Diplomacy during the Civil War

7. Territorial and Commercial Expansionism: Alaska, the Caribbean, and the Far East

8. War with Spain and the New Manifest Destiny

9. The United States Adjusts to Its New Status

10. Woodrow Wilson and a World at War

11. The Slow Death of Versailles

12. World War II: The Grand Alliance

13. A New Global Struggle: Founding of the UN to the Cold War

14. Crises, Conflicts, and Coexistence

15. The United States and Southeast Asia: Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam

16. Reagan, Bush, Gorbachev, and the End of the Cold War

17. The United States and the Middle East: Israel, Lebanon, Iran, and Iraq

18. Twenty-First-Century Challenges

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

About the Authors.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798400610721

9798216045892

9781440800511

1440800510

OCLC:

867114340