American Foreign Relations Reconsidered

Author : Gordon Martel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134847242

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American Foreign Relations Reconsidered by Gordon Martel Pdf

This major new textbook brings together twelve of the leading scholars of U.S. foreign relations. Each contributor provides a clear, concise summary of an important period or theme in US diplomatic and strategic affairs since the Spanish-American War. Michael Hunt and Joan Hoff provide an overview of the traditions behind US policy and a preview of things to come. Together, the contributors offer a succinct explanation of the controversies and questions that historians have grappled with throughout the twentieth century. Students will find these essays a reliable and useful guide to the various schools of thought which have emerged. Although each of the scholars is well known for their detailed and original work, these essays are new and have been specially commissioned for this book. The articles follow the chronological development of the emergence of the United States as a world power, but special themes such as the American policy process, economic interests, relations with the Third World, and the dynamics of the nuclear arms race have been singled out for separate treatment. American Foreign Relations Reconsidered, 1890-1993 represents essential reading for upper level undergraduates studying modern American history. The book has been designed and written exclusively to meet the needs of students, either as a major course text, or as a set of supplementary readings to support other texts.

Author : Michael J. Hogan,Thomas G. Paterson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2004-01-19
Category : History
ISBN : 0521540356

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Explaining the History of American Foreign Relations by Michael J. Hogan,Thomas G. Paterson Pdf

Originally published in 1991, Explaining the History of American Foreign Relations has become an indispensable volume not only for teachers and students in international history and political science, but also for general readers seeking an introduction to American diplomatic history. This collection of essays highlights a variety of newer, innovative, and stimulating conceptual approaches and analytical methods used to study the history of American foreign relations, including bureaucratic, dependency, and world systems theories, corporatist and national security models, psychology, culture, and ideology. Along with substantially revised essays from the first edition, this volume presents entirely new material on postcolonial theory, borderlands history, modernization theory, gender, race, memory, cultural transfer, and critical theory. The book seeks to define the study of American international history, stimulate research in fresh directions, and encourage cross-disciplinary thinking, especially between diplomatic history and other fields of American history, in an increasingly transnational, globalizing world.

Author : Thomas Paterson,J. Garry Clifford,Shane J. Maddock,Deborah Kisatsky,Kenneth Hagan
Publisher : Cengage Learning
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-27
Category : History
ISBN : 0547225695

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American Foreign Relations: A History, Volume 2: Since 1895 by Thomas Paterson,J. Garry Clifford,Shane J. Maddock,Deborah Kisatsky,Kenneth Hagan Pdf

This best-selling text presents the best synthesis of current scholarship available to emphasize the theme of expansionism and its manifestations. Volume 2 includes recently declassified documents, and provides the opportunity to consider new perspectives on topics such as the American intervention in the Bolshevik Revolution, the origins of the Cold War and the Korean War, and the Cuban missile crisis. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Author : David P. Forsythe,Patrice C. McMahon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317352365

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American Exceptionalism Reconsidered by David P. Forsythe,Patrice C. McMahon Pdf

Is the US really exceptional in terms of its willingness to take universal human rights seriously? According to the rhetoric of American political leaders, the United States has a unique and lasting commitment to human rights principles and to a liberal world order centered on rule of law and human dignity. But when push comes to shove—most recently in Libya and Syria--the United States failed to stop atrocities and dithered as disorder spread in both places. This book takes on the myths surrounding US foreign policy and the future of world order. Weighing impulses toward parochial nationalism against the ideal of cosmopolitan internationalism, the authors posit that what may be emerging is a new brand of American globalism, or a foreign policy that gives primacy to national self-interest but does so with considerable interest in and genuine attention to universal human rights and a willingness to suffer and pay for those outside its borders—at least on occasion. The occasions of exception—such as Libya and Syria—provide case studies for critical analysis and allow the authors to look to emerging dominant powers, especially China, for indicators of new challenges to the commitment to universal human rights and humanitarian affairs in the context of the ongoing clash between liberalism and realism. The book is guided by four central questions: 1) What is the relationship between cosmopolitan international standards and narrow national self-interest in US policy on human rights and humanitarian affairs? 2) What is the role of American public opinion and does it play any significant role in shaping US policy in this dialectical clash? 3) Beyond public opinion, what other factors account for the shifting interplay of liberal and realist inclinations in Washington policy making? 4) In the 21st century and as global power shifts, what are the current views and policies of other countries when it comes to the application of human rights and humanitarian affairs?

Author : Warren I. Cohen
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231545952

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A Nation Like All Others by Warren I. Cohen Pdf

Belief in the United States as a force for good in the world runs deep. Yet an honest consideration reveals a history marred by great crimes and ordinary errors, alongside many achievements and triumphs. In this comprehensive account of American foreign relations from the nation’s founding through the present day, the diplomatic historian Warren I. Cohen calls attention to the uses—and abuses—of U.S. international leadership and the noble as well as the exploitative ends that American power has wrought. In A Nation Like All Others, Cohen offers a brisk, argumentative history that confronts the concept of American exceptionalism and decries the lack of moral imagination in American foreign policy. He begins with the foreign policy of colonial and postrevolutionary America, exploring interactions with European powers and Native Americans and the implications of slavery and westward expansion. He then traces the rise of American empire; the nation’s choices leading up to and in the wake of the First World War; and World War II and renewed military involvement in foreign affairs. Cohen provides a long history of the Cold War, from its roots under Truman through the Korean and Vietnam Wars to the transformation of the international system under Reagan and Gorbachev. Finally, he surveys America’s recent history in the Middle East, with particular attention to the mismanagement of the War on Terror and Abu Ghraib. Written with great depth of knowledge and moral clarity, A Nation Like All Others suggests that an unflinching look at the nation’s past is America’s best option to shape a better future.

Author : Wayne S. Cole
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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An Interpretive History of American Foreign Relations by Wayne S. Cole Pdf

Author : Jerald A. Combs
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 563 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780765633521

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The History of American Foreign Policy From 1895 by Jerald A. Combs Pdf

This affordable text offers a clear, concise and readable narrative and analytical history of American foreign policy since the Spanish-American War. Special attention is given to the controversial issues and contrasting views that surround major wars and foreign policy decisions that the United States has made from 1895 to the present. The book narrates events and policies but goes further to emphasize the international setting and constraints within which American policy-makers had to operate, the domestic pressures on those policy-makers, and the ideologies, preferences, and personal idiosyncrasies of the leaders themselves.

Author : Gordon Martel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2002-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134847259

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American Foreign Relations Reconsidered by Gordon Martel Pdf

Brings together 12 scholars of US foreign relations. Each contributor provides a concise summary of an important theme in US affairs since the Spanish-American War. US policy process, economic interests, relations with the Third World, and the nuclear arms race have been highlighted.

Author : Richard Dean Burns
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
Page : 1346 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Political Science
ISBN : MINN:31951D00613000S

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Guide to American Foreign Relations Since 1700 by Richard Dean Burns Pdf

Designed to supplement the Guide to the Diplomatic History of the U.S. (1935), this bibliography has items arranged chronologically, geographically and topically, while indexes refer to authors, subjects and individuals. In addition to maps, the book contains a list of major policy makers since 1781 and brief biographical sketches of U.S. secretaries of state. ISBN 0-87436-323-3 : $87.50.

Author : Quincy Wright
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1290753024

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The Control of American Foreign Relations by Quincy Wright Pdf

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Author : James M. McCormick
Publisher : Wadsworth
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Political culture
ISBN : PSU:000022056962

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American Foreign Policy and Process by James M. McCormick Pdf

AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY AND PROCESS (WITH INFOTRAC) is a comprehensive text that uses values and beliefs to organize the topic of foreign policy. The book portrays the way values and beliefs about foreign policy have changed over the course of U.S. history and how foreign policy has changed from its earliest years through the post-9/11 years and beyond.

Author : Thomas G. Paterson,Dennis Merrill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020704875

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Major Problems in American Foreign Relations: Since 1914 by Thomas G. Paterson,Dennis Merrill Pdf

Author : Quincy Wright
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1019662646

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The Control of American Foreign Relations by Quincy Wright Pdf

First published in 1922, this seminal work is a penetrating analysis of the American foreign policy system. Wright examines the complex interplay between politics, economics, and ideology that shapes US foreign relations, and offers a nuanced view of the challenges and opportunities facing American policymakers. This book remains essential reading for scholars, policymakers, and anyone interested in US foreign policy. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Thomas H. Etzold
Publisher : New York : New Viewpoints
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036950447

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The Conduct of American Foreign Relations by Thomas H. Etzold Pdf

Author : G. John Ikenberry
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : United States
ISBN : UCSD:31822035930155

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American Foreign Policy by G. John Ikenberry Pdf

This text] provides an overview of the major contending theories that shape U.S. foreign policy. [It] contains selections written by leading scholars in U.S. foreign policy and international relations. The essays provide representative statements of the major contending explanations of U.S. foreign policy and encourage readers to evaluate the issues that shape our foreign policy today. -Back cover.