Guide to U.S. foreign policy : a diplomatic history / editors, Robert J. McMahon, Thomas W. Zeiler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McMahon, Robert J., 1949-

Zeiler, Thomas W.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations and culture--United States.

International relations and culture.

United States--Foreign relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 681, I-39 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Other Title:

Guide to United States foreign policy

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : CQ Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Spanning the entire history of American diplomacy, this book traces not only the growth and development of diplomatic policies and traditions but also the shifts in public opinion that shape diplomatic trends.

Contents:

Guide to U.S. Foreign Policy-Volume 1; SUMMARY TABLE OF CONTENTS; TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ABOUT THE EDITORS; CONTRIBUTORS; FOREWORD; Introduction: The History and Role of American Foreign Relations; PART I THE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY; Chapter 1 From the Colonial Era to a New Nation; PHYSICAL SEPARATION AND EXCEPTIONALISM; BEGINNINGS OF COLONIAL DIPLOMACY; THE DIPLOMACY OF THE 1780s; REPUBLICAN DIPLOMACY; THE REPUBLICANS AND THE EUROPEAN WAR; POSTWAR DIPLOMACY; END NOTES; FURTHER READING; Chapter 2 Manifest Destiny; THE SPIRIT OF MANIFEST DESTINY

FLORIDATHE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS AND THE ANNEXATION QUESTION; FIXING THE CANADIAN-AMERICAN BORDER; AMERICAN ACQUISITION OF OREGON; THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR; THE IMPACT OF SLAVERY ON DIPLOMACY; DIPLOMACY AND FOREIGN TRADE; AMERICA IN 1860; END NOTES; FURTHER READING; Chapter 3 Civil War Diplomacy; INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC ISSUES; THE BRITISH RECOGNITION CRISIS; NAPOLEON'S "GRAND DESIGN FOR THE AMERICAS"; END NOTES; FURTHER READING; Chapter 4 The Gilded Age; BRITAIN AND "CIVILIZATION"; INNOVATION AND ABUNDANCE; SECURING THE U.S. ECONOMY; DEPRESSION AND THE SEARCH FOR MARKETS

INSTITUTIONS TO SECURE U.S. INTERESTS ABROADTHE CHALLENGES OF TERRITORIAL EXPANSION; DOMINANCE IN LATIN AMERICA; TOWARD AN OPEN DOOR IN ASIA; CONFRONTING FOREIGN MARKETS AT HOME; IMPACT OF THE GILDED AGE ON FOREIGN POLICY; END NOTES; FURTHER READING; Chapter 5 Diplomatic Milestones, 1770s-1898; FOUNDATIONS OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY; REVOLUTION TO 1800; JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICANS; MANIFEST DESIGN; CIVIL WAR DIPLOMACY; GILDED AGE PREPARATION FOR 1898; A WORLD POWER EMERGES; END NOTES; FURTHER READING; PART II THE UNITED STATES ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE

Chapter 6 The Spanish-American War and ImperialismNATION AT THE CROSSROADS; THE U.S. DECISION FOR WAR; THE PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN WAR; THE OPEN DOOR POLICY; PUERTO RICO ANNEXED AS "UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY"; THE OCCUPATION OF CUBA, 1899-1902; THE NEW EMPIRE; END NOTES; FURTHER READING; Chapter 7 The Big Stick and Dollar Diplomacy; CANALS AND COROLLARIES: THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND THE AMERICAS; MONROE DOCTRINE AND VENEZUELA; SANTO DOMINGO AND THE ROOSEVELT COROLLARY; WAR, PEACE, AND TRADE: CHOICES IN ASIA AND RUSSIA; ROOSEVELT AND RELATIONS WITH EUROPE

IMPLICATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES AS A GLOBAL POWERWILLIAM HOWARD TAFT AND THE AGE OF REVOLUTIONS; DOLLAR DIPLOMACY OUTSIDE THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE; LEGACY: TARIFFS AND TREATIES; END NOTES; FURTHER READING; Chapter 8 The Challenge of Maintaining Neutrality; OUTBREAK; INITIAL REACTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES; INTERPRETING WILSON'S NEUTRALITY POLICY; THE TRIALS OF NEUTRALITY: MARCH 1915-APRIL 1916; DEBATING PRESIDENT WILSON'S NEUTRALITY POLICY; PEACE WITHOUT VICTORY: SPRING 1916-JANUARY 1917; THE DILEMMAS OF WILSONIAN NEUTRALITY; END NOTES; FURTHER READING

Chapter 9 Making the World Safe for Democracy

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781782682455

1782682457

9781452235370

1452235376

9781452235363

1452235368

OCLC:

814407986