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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779806903321

Titolo

American foreign relations reconsidered, 1890-1993 / / edited by Gordon Martel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1994

ISBN

1-134-84724-6

1-134-84725-4

1-280-33661-7

0-203-42591-X

0-203-29958-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MartelGordon

Disciplina

327.73

Soggetti

International relations

United States Foreign relations 20th century

United States Foreign relations 1865-1898

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [234]-258) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; Traditions of American diplomacy: from colony to great power; ~They don't come out where you expect~: institutions of American diplomacy and the policy process; Economic interest and United States foreign policy; Imperialism, American style, 1890  1916; Wilsonian diplomacy in war and peace; The triumph of isolationism; The interpretive wars over the Cold War, 1945  60; From Kennedy to Nixon: the end of consensus; From detente to the Gulf; The United States and the rise of the Third World

Reconsidering the nuclear arms race: the past as prelude?American diplomacy: retrospect and prospect; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This major textbook brings together twelve of the leading scholars of US foreign relations. Each contributor provides a clear, concise summary of an important period or theme in US diplomatic and strategic affairs.