John M. Dobson

Belligerents, Brinkmanship, and the Big Stick

A Historical Encyclopedia of American Diplomatic Concepts

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This encyclopedia offers authoritative coverage of the concepts, traditions, events, and individuals that shaped United States' foreign relations from the American Revolution to the present.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 952g
• ISBN-13: 9781598841312
• ISBN-10: 1598841319
• Artikelnr.: 26442047

Autorenporträt

John Dobson, PhD, is professor emeritus of history at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, where he also served as dean of the College of Arts and Science. His published works include ABC-CLIO's Bulls, Bears, Boom, and Bust: A Historical Encyclopedia of American Business Concepts.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Section 1: Inventing a Foreign Policy
1776-1830
Key Concepts
Alliance
Diplomats
Embargo
Impressment
Jay's Treaty
Legitimacy
Louisiana
Mercantilism
Monroe Doctrine
Most Favored Nation
Neutrality
Nonimportation
No-Transfer Principle
Paper Blockade
Pinckney's Treaty
Plan of 1776
Plenipotentiary
Quasi-War with France
Ratification
Recognition
Rule of 1756
Transcontinental Treaty (Florida)
Treaty (Treaty of Paris
1783)
Uti Possedetus (Treaty of Ghent
1814)
War Hawks
XYZ Affair
Biographies
Deane
Silas
Franklin
Benjamin
Gallatin
Albert
Genêt
Edmond
Jay
John
Livingston
Robert
Logan
George
Rush
Richard
Symmes
John Cleve
Wilkinson
James
Section 2: Expansion and Civil War
1830-1880
Key Concepts
Alaska
Arbitration (Alabama Claims)
China Market
Filibustering
First Shot Tradition
Japan
Opening of
Joint Resolution (Texas)
King Cotton Diplomacy
Manifest Destiny
Mexican War
Natural Boundaries
Oregon Claims
Oregon Fever
Ostend Manifesto (Cuba)
Recognition as a Belligerent
Santo Domingo
Texas Revolution
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
Biographies
Adams
Charles Francis
Astor
John Jacob
Bidlack
Benjamin A.
Burlingame
Anson
Calhoun
John Caldwell
Clayton
John Middleton
Cushing
Caleb
Gadsden
James
Harris
Townsend
Kearny
Stephen Watts
Perry
Matthew Calbraith
Scott
Winfield
Seward
William H.
Slidell
John Stockton
Robert Field Trist
Nicholas Upshur
Abel
Van Buren
Martin
Walker
William
Webster
Daniel
Wilkes
Charle
Section 3: Rise of a Great Power
1880-1914
Key Concepts
Algeciras
Anti-Imperialism
Big Stick
Boxer Rebellion
Cuban Rebellion
Dollar Diplomacy
Gunboat Diplomacy
Hawaii
Jingoism
Mediation (Russo-Japanese War)
Mission
Neutralization
New Manifest Destiny
Olney Corollary
Open Door Policy
Panama
Pan-Americanism
Platt Amendment
Protectionism
Punitive Expedition
Rapprochement
Spanish-American-Cuban War
Sugar
Biographies
Adee
Alvey
Blaine
James Gillespie
Bryan
William Jennings
Dewey
George
Hay
John Milton
Olney
Richard
Root
Elihu
Shufeldt
Robert Wilson
Stevens
John Leavitt
Teller
Henry Moore
Wood
Leonard
Section 4: The World Wars
1914-1945
Key Concepts
American Expeditionary Force
Atlantic Charter
Atomic Diplomacy
Disarmament
Four Policemen
Fourteen Points
Good Neighbor Policy
Grand Alliance
Great War
Island Hopping
Isolationism
Kellogg-Briand Pact
League of Nations
Lend-Lease
Neutrality (1914-1917)
Neutrality Acts
Non-recognition
Pearl Harbor
Quarantine
Red Scare
Second Front
Siberian Expedition
Stimson Doctrine
United Nations
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Yalta
Biographies
Hopkins
Harry
Hughes
Charles Evans
Hull
Cordell
Kellogg
Frank B.
Lodge
Henry Cabot
Nye
Gerald P.
Pershing
John J.
Stimson
Henry L.
Section 5: The Cold War and After
1945-
Key Concepts
Bay of Pigs
Berlin
Brinkmanship
Bush Doctrine
Cambodia
Containment
Détente
Free Trade GATT
Gulf War
Hostage Crisis Iran-Contra
Israel Land for Peace
Liberation of Eastern Europe
Limited War (Korea)
Marshall Plan
Massive Retaliation
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
NSC-68
Red Scare Again
Shuttle Diplomacy
Sputnik
Tet
Tonkin Gulf Incident
Truman Doctrine
U-2
War on Terror
Biographies
Acheson
Dean
Dulles
John Foster
Kissinger
Henry
Marshall
George C.
McNamara
Robert Strange
Rumsfeld
Donald
Chronology
Index
About the Author