Howard Jones

Crucible of Power

A History of American Foreign Relations from 1945

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Employing a narrative approach that uncovers the tangled and often confusing nature of foreign affairs, Crucible of Power focuses on the personalities, security interests, and post-war/Cold War tendencies behind the formulation and implementation of U.S. foreign policy since 1945. The book includes updated coverage of the Bush administration's foreign policy, with particular emphasis on the Middle East. Selections from key foreign policy documents appear in each chapter

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 173mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 839g
• ISBN-13: 9780742564541
• ISBN-10: 0742564541
• Artikelnr.: 25467418

Autorenporträt

By Howard Jones

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Cold War and Containment in Europe and the Near East
1945-1950 Chapter 2: Cold War and Containment in East Asia
1950-1953 Chapter 3: Containment Continued: The Eisenhower Years
1953-1961 Chapter 4: Containment at the Brink: Kennedy and Cuba
1961-1963 Chapter 5: Containment in Collapse: Johnson and Vietnam
1963-1969 Chapter 6: Vietnamization through Détente: A New Containment
1969-1977 Chapter 7: The New World Order: Jimmy Carter and the Diplomacy of Human Rights
1977-1981 Chapter 8: Cold War II: Reagan and the Revival of Containment
1981-1989 Chapter 9: The End of the Cold War and the Outbreak of Regional Conflicts
1989-2001 Chapter 10: President George W. Bush and Missionary Diplomacy: 9/11
the Preemptive War with Iraq
and the Global War on Terrorism
2001-