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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818895203321

Autore

Jones Howard <1940-2022.>

Titolo

Crucible of power A history of American foreign relations to 1913 / / Howard Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2009

ISBN

1-282-82065-6

9786612820656

1-4422-0888-0

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (754 p.)

Disciplina

327.73

Soggetti

United States History

United States Foreign relations To 1865

United States Foreign relations 1865-1921

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1; The Revolutionary Beginnings of American Foreign Policy, 1775-1789; chapter 2; The Federalist Era and the Wars of the French Revolution, 1789-1801; chapter 3; Jeffersonian Diplomacy, 1801-1809; Chapter 4; The War of 1812 and the Completion of American Independence, 1809-1817; chapter 5; The Diplomacy of Hemispheric Order, 1817-1825; Chapter 6; To the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, 1825-1842; chapter 7; Destiny and Annexation: Oregon, Texas, and the Mexican War, 1842-1848; chapter 8; Between the Wars, 1848-1861; chapter 9; The Civil War, 1861-1865; chapter 10

Prelude to American Imperialism, 1865-1897chapter 11; U.S. Imperialism and the New Manifest Destiny, 1897-1900; Chapter 12; Theodore Roosevelt and the Search for World Order, 1900-1913; about the author

Sommario/riassunto

Crucible of Power: A History of American Foreign Relations to 1913 presents a straightforward, balanced, and comprehensive history of American international relations from the American Revolution to 1913. Howard Jones demonstrates the complexities of the decision-making process that led to the rise and decline of the United States (relative to



the ascent of other nations) in world power status. Howard Jones focuses on the personalities, security interests, and expansionist tendencies behind the formulation and implementation of U.S. foreign policy and highlights the intimate relationship betwe