| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 562 pages) |
| Series |
Blackwell companions to American history |
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Blackwell companions to American history.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Robert D. Schulzinger --- 1. Ideas and Foreign Affairs / H.W. Brands --- 2. "As Far As We Can": Culture and US Foreign Relations / Susan Brewer --- 3. International Environmental Issues / Kurk Dorsey --- 4. The Early National Period, 1775-1815 / Peter P. Hill --- 5. American Expansion, 1815-1860 / William E. Weeks --- 6. The United States and Imperialism / Frank Ninkovich --- 7. Relations with Africa since 1900 / Andrew DeRoche --- 8. History as Victim: The Sorry State of the Study of US-Japanese Relations, 1900-1945 / Michael A. Barnhart --- 9. US-Latin American Relations, 1898-1941: A Historiographical Review / Mark T. Gilderhus --- 10. Woodrow Wilson and World War I / Lloyd E. Ambrosius --- 11. Recent Explorations Concerning the Interwar Period / Justus D. Doenecke --- 12. World War II / Mark A. Stoler --- 13. The Early Cold War / Jeremi Suri --- 14. United States-Latin American Relations, 1942-1960 / Darlene Rivas --- 15. From Containment to Containment? Understanding US Relations with China since 1949 / Evelyn Goh and Rosemary Foot --- 16. The Korean War / James I Matray --- 17. Foreign Relations in the 1950s / Richard H. Immerman --- 18. The Vietnam War / David L. Anderson --- 19. Beyond Vietnam: The Foreign Policies of the Kennedy-Johnson Administrations / Randall B. Woods --- 20. The United States and the Middle East since 1967 / Peter L. Hahn --- 21. US Relations with Latin America, 1961 to the Present: A Historiographic Review / Stephen G. Rabe --- 22. Presidential Elections and the Cold War / Melvin Small --- 23. D6tente Over Thirty Years / Keith L. Nelson --- 24. Nationalism and Regionalism in an Era of Globalization: US Relations with South and Southeast Asia, 1975-2000 / Robert J. McMahon --- Conclusion: From the End of the Cold War to the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century / Robert D. Schulzinger |
| Summary |
"A Companion to American Foreign Relations is an authoritative volume of historiographical essays that survey the state of US diplomatic history. The essays cover the entire range of the history of American foreign relations from the colonial period to the present. They discuss the major sources and analyze the most influential books and articles in the field. The contributors - eminent scholars and experts in their subject matter - delve deeply into the literature and integrate discussions of new methodological approaches with more traditional diplomatic history. Each essay concludes with prospects for future work in the field."--Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-542) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
United States -- Foreign relations -- Historiography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140107
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United States -- Foreign relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140058
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Schulzinger, Robert D., 1945-
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Wiley InterScience (Online service)
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| ISBN |
0470999039 |
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0470999047 |
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1405149868 (electronic) |
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1405165685 |
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9780470999035 |
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9780470999042 |
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9781405149860 (electronic) |
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9781405165686 |
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