The history of American foreign policy from 1895

1. The Spanish-American War and the decision for empire -- 2. The surge into Asia : empire in the Philippines and the open door in China -- 3. The surge into Latin America : varieties of American empire -- 4. Europe, America, and World War I -- 5. The United States and the Peace of Versailles -- 6. U.S. foreign policy between the World Wars -- 7. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the coming of World War II -- 8. The diplomacy of World War II and the seeds of the Cold War -- 9. Harry Truman and the onset of the Cold War -- 10. The new look of Dwight D. Eisenhower -- 11. John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and the strategy of flexible response -- 12. The Vietnam War -- 13. Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger : manipulating the balance of power -- 14. Time bombs in the Middle East -- 15. Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and the demise of dtente, 1976-1984 -- 16. The end of the Cold War -- 17. American foreign policy in the aftermath of the Cold War -- 18. 9/11 -- 19. Barack Obama and the post-9/11 world.

Now thoroughly updated, this respected text provides a clear, concise, and affordable narrative and analytical history of American foreign policy from the revolutionary period to the present. This edition includes an all-new chapter on the George W. Bush presidency, 9/11, and the war in Iraq. The historiographical essays at the end of each chapter have been revised to reflect the most recent scholarship.""The History of American Foreign Policy"" chronicles events and policies with emphasis on the international setting and constraints within which American policy-makers had to operate; the dome

This important text offers a clear, concise and affordable narrative and analytical history of American foreign policy since the Spanish-American War. The book narrates events and policies but goes further to emphasize the international setting and constraints within which American policy-makers had to operate, the domestic pressures on those policy-makers, and the ideologies, preferences, and personal idiosyncrasies of the leaders themselves

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Maps -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Europe, America, and World War I -- Germany Disrupts the European Balance of Power -- The United States and the European Balance of Power: The Algeciras Conference -- The Issue of Neutral Rights on the Eve of War -- The Outbreak of World War I -- Wilsonian Neutrality -- The German Response: Submarine Warfare -- Wilson's Temporary Victory: "He Kept Us Out of War" -- America Enters the War -- Controversial Issues -- Further Reading -- 2. The United States and the Peace of Versailles -- America and the Allied Victory -- Conflicting Plans for Peace: Wilson's "New Diplomacy" Versus Europe's "Old Diplomacy" -- Intervention in Russia -- Pressures on the Peace From Left and Right -- Negotiating the Treaty of Versailles -- The Senate, the League of Nations, and the Treaty of Versailles -- Controversial Issues -- Further Reading -- 3. U.S. Foreign Policy Between the World Wars -- Was World War II Inevitable? -- The United States and Attempts at Disarmament -- Economic Diplomacy Toward Europe -- The United States, Japan, and the New Order in Asia -- The Stimson Doctrine -- The Good Neighbor Policy in Latin America -- Controversial Issues -- Further Reading -- 4. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Coming of World War II -- Appeasement: 1932-1939 -- America's March Toward War in Europe -- The March Toward War in Asia -- Controversial Issues -- 5. The Diplomacy of World War II and the Seeds of the Cold War -- Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin: Competing Strategies for the Grand Alliance -- The Diplomacy of the War: 1941-1943 -- Roosevelt and Churchill: 1943 -- From Teheran to Yalta: February 1944 -- The Yalta Conference: February 1945 -- Controversial Issues -- Further Reading -- 6. Harry Truman and the Onset of the Cold War -- Truman Takes Over