Rise to Globalism

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Eighth edition of a classic survey of US foreign policy from 1938 to President Clinton's second term. Fully revised and updated. "One of the most lively and provocative interpretive studies of the major events in recent American diplomatic history" "American Historical Review".

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Stephen Ambrose and Douglas Brinkley are both Professors of History at the University of New Orleans.

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The twisting path to war
the war in Europe
the war in Asia
the beginnings of the Cold War
the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan
containment tested
Korea
Eisenhower, Dulles and the irreconcilable conflict
from Hungary and Suez to Cuba
Kennedy and the new frontiers
Vietnam - paying the cost of containment
Nixon, detente, and the debacle in Vietnam
America in the Middle East and Africa
Carter and human rights
Reagan and the evil empire
the end of the Cold War
Bush and the Gulf War
Clinton and Democratic enlargement.