Crucible of power. A history of U.S. foreign relations since 1897
This book presents a comprehensive history of American international relations from the American Revolution to 1913. It 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 between foreign and domestic policy. This volume relies on the natural chronology of historical events to organize and narrate the story as the nation's leaders saw it. Jones uncovers the tangled and often confusing nature of foreign affairs by taking the narrative approach and does not create the illusion that American foreign relations took place in a well-ordered fashion. This book will help readers understand the plight of present-day policymakers who encounter an array of problems that are rarely susceptible to simple analysis and ready solution. The text is presented in a two-color format and includes maps and photographs. Each chapter ends with a list of suggested readings, giving readers additional resources for exploration and research
xii, 555 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
9780842029186, 0842029184
46640675
Preface Chapter 1: U.S. Imperialism and the New Manifest Destiny, 1897-1900 Chapter 2: Theodore Roosevelt and the Search for World Order, 1900-1913 Chapter 3: Woodrow Wilson and Missionary Diplomacy: Prologue to U.S. Entry into World War I, 1913-1917 Chapter 4: World War I and the League of Nations, 1917-1921 Chapter 5: The Independent Internationalism of the United States, 1921-1933 Chapter 6: The Coming of World War II, 1933-1939 Chapter 7: From Europe to Pearl Harbor, 1939-1941 Chapter 8: Wartime Diplomacy and the Origins of the Cold War, 1941-1945 Chapter 9: Cold War and Containment in Europe and the Near East, 1945-1950 Chapter 10: Cold War and Containment in East Asia, 1950-1953 Chapter 11: Containment Continued: The Eisenhower Years, 1953-1961 Chapter 12: Containment at the Brink: Kennedy and Cuba, 1961-1963 Chapter 13: Containment in Collapse: Johnson and Vietnam, 1963-1969 Chapter 14: Vietnamization through Detente: A New Containment, 1969-1977 Chapter 15: The New World Order: Jimmy Carter and the Diplomacy of Human Rights, 1977-1981 Chapter 16: Cold War II: Reagan and the Revival of Containment, 1981-1989 Chapter 17: The End of the Cold War ... and Afterward, 1989-