From colony to superpower [[electronic resource] ] : U.S. foreign relations since 1776 / / George C. Herring

• Autore: Herring George C. <1936->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1054 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.73
• Soggetto geografico: United States Foreign relations
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [965]-995) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: "To begin the world over again" : foreign policy and the birth of the republic, 1776-1778 -- "None who can make us afraid" : the new republic in a hostile world, 1789-1801 -- "Purified as by fire" : republicanism challenged and reaffirmed, 1801-1815 -- "Leave the rest to us" : the assertive republic, 1815-1837 -- "A dose of arsenic" : slavery, expansionism, and the road to disunion, 1837-1861 -- "Last best hope" : the Union, the Confederacy, and Civil War diplomacy, 1861-1877 -- "A good enough England" : foreign relations in the Gilded Age, 1877-1893 -- The War of 1898 and the dawn of the American century, 1893-1901 -- "Bursting with good intentions" : the United States in world affairs, 1901-1913 -- "A new age" : Wilson, the Great War, and U.S. foreign policy, 1913-1921 -- Involvement without commitment, 1921-1931 -- The great transformation : depression, isolationism, and war, 1931-1941 -- "Five continents and seven seas" : World War II and the emergence of American globalism, 1941-1945 -- "A noble burden far from our shores" : Truman, the Cold War, and the revolution in American foreign policy, 1945-1953 -- Coexistence and crises, 1953-1961 -- Gulliver's troubles: Kennedy, Johnson, and the limits of power, 1961-1969 -- Nixon, Kissinger, and the end of the postwar era, 1969-1974 -- Foreign policy in an age of dissonance, 1974-1981 -- "A unique and extraordinary time in world history" : Gorbachev, Reagan, Bush, and the end of the Cold War, 1981-1991 -- The strength of a giant : America as hyper-power, 1992-2007.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Oxford History of the United States is the most respected multi-volume history of our nation in print. The series includes three Pulitzer Prize-winners, a New York Times bestseller, and winners of prestigious Bancroft and Parkman Prizes. From Colony to Superpower is the only thematic volume commissioned for the series. Here George C. Herring uses foreign relations as the lens through which to tell the story of America's dramatic rise from thirteen disparate colonies huddled along the Atlantic coast to the world's greatest superpower. A sweeping account of United States' foreign relations a
• Titolo autorizzato: From colony to superpower
• ISBN: 1-281-86819-1; 9786611868192; 0-19-972343-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454143603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford history of the United States.