A Companion to American Foreign Relations (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This is an authoritative volume of historiographical essays that survey the state of U.S. 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. * Includes discussions of new methodological approaches in diplomatic history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 576
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470999035
• Artikelnr.: 38190329

Autorenporträt

Robert D. Schulzinger is Professor of History and Director of the International Affairs Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder. A former President of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, he is the editor-in-chief of the society's journal, Diplomatic History. Among his many books are A Time For War: The United Stated And Vietnam, (1997) and U.S. Diplomacy since 1900, 5th Edition (2002).

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on Contributors vii Introduction xi Robert D. Schulzinger 1 Ideas and Foreign Affairs 1 H. W. Brands 2 "As Far As We Can": Culture and US Foreign Relations 15 Susan Brewer 3 International Environmental Issues 31 Kurk Dorsey 4 The Early National Period, 1775-1815 48 Peter P. Hill 5 American Expansion, 1815-1860 64 William E. Weeks 6 The United States and Imperialism 79 Frank Ninkovich 7 Relations with Africa since 1900 103 Andrew DeRoche 8 History as Victim: The Sorry State of the Study of US-Japanese Relations, 1900-1945 121 Michael A. Barnhart 9 US-Latin American Relations, 1898-1941: A Historiographical Review 134 Mark T. Gilderhus 10 Woodrow Wilson and World War I 149 Lloyd E. Ambrosius 11 Recent Explorations Concerning the Interwar Period 168 Justus D. Doenecke 12 World War II 188 Mark A. Stoler 13 The Early Cold War 215 Jeremi Suri 14 United States-Latin American Relations, 1942-1960 230 Darlene Rivas 15 From Containment to Containment? Understanding US Relations with China since 1949 255 Evelyn Goh and Rosemary Foot 16 The Korean War 275 James I. Matray 17 Foreign Relations in the 1950s 292 Richard H. Immerman 18 The Vietnam War 309 David L. Anderson 19 Beyond Vietnam: The Foreign Policies of the Kennedy-Johnson Administrations 330 Randall B. Woods 20 The United States and the Middle East since 1967 375 Peter L. Hahn 21 US Relations with Latin America, 1961 to the Present: A Historiographic Review 387 Stephen G. Rabe 22 Presidential Elections and the Cold War 404 Melvin Small 23 Détente Over Thirty Years 422 Keith L. Nelson 24 Nationalism and Regionalism in an Era of Globalization: US Relations with South and Southeast Asia, 1975-2000 440 Robert J. McMahon Conclusion: From the End of the Cold War to the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century 455 Robert D. Schulzinger Bibliography 461 Index 543

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Notes on Contributors vii

Introduction xi
Robert D. Schulzinger

1 Ideas and Foreign Affairs 1
H. W. Brands

2 "As Far As We Can": Culture and US ForeignRelations 15
Susan Brewer

3 International Environmental Issues 31
Kurk Dorsey

4 The Early National Period, 1775-1815 48
Peter P. Hill

5 American Expansion, 1815-1860 64
William E. Weeks

6 The United States and Imperialism 79
Frank Ninkovich

7 Relations with Africa since 1900 103
Andrew DeRoche

8 History as Victim: The Sorry State of the Study ofUS-Japanese Relations, 1900-1945 121
Michael A. Barnhart

9 US-Latin American Relations, 1898-1941: AHistoriographical Review 134
Mark T. Gilderhus

10 Woodrow Wilson and World War I 149
Lloyd E. Ambrosius

11 Recent Explorations Concerning the Interwar Period 168
Justus D. Doenecke

12 World War II 188
Mark A. Stoler

13 The Early Cold War 215
Jeremi Suri

14 United States-Latin American Relations, 1942-1960230
Darlene Rivas

15 From Containment to Containment? Understanding US Relationswith China since 1949 255
Evelyn Goh and Rosemary Foot

16 The Korean War 275
James I. Matray

17 Foreign Relations in the 1950s 292
Richard H. Immerman

18 The Vietnam War 309
David L. Anderson

19 Beyond Vietnam: The Foreign Policies of theKennedy-Johnson Administrations 330
Randall B. Woods

20 The United States and the Middle East since 1967 375
Peter L. Hahn

21 US Relations with Latin America, 1961 to the Present: AHistoriographic Review 387
Stephen G. Rabe

22 Presidential Elections and the Cold War 404
Melvin Small

23 Détente Over Thirty Years 422
Keith L. Nelson

24 Nationalism and Regionalism in an Era of Globalization: USRelations with South and Southeast Asia, 1975-2000 440
Robert J. McMahon

Conclusion: From the End of the Cold War to the Beginning of theTwenty-First Century 455
Robert D. Schulzinger

Bibliography 461

Index 543

Rezensionen

"Indispensable reading for scholars in the field as well as forgraduate students preparing for general exams. Covering the entirefield of U.S. foreign relations from the colonial era to thepresent, the essays highlight the rich variety of new approachesthat have energized international history over the past threedecades."
Journal of Cold War Studies

"[This] work is truly a companion for professors who needquick and easily digestible information ... and for researchers andstudents wishing to read more widely." History

"Indispensible for anyone wishing to understand thebackground to recent debates over US foreign relations, with essaysby leading scholars in a historical field that is among the mostinnovative -- and perhaps, given the current condition ofworld affairs, the most relevant." Walter LaFeber, CornellUniversity

" This is an extremely valuable guide to the recentscholarly literature on the history of US foreign relations. Thecontributors, all respected scholars in their fields, show howhistory and historiography are often inextricably boundtogether." Akira Iriye, Harvard University

"This companion should prove an invaluable reference source forscholars and students in the field." Journal of AmericanStudies