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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: George C. Herring , John M. CarrollPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Edition: Revised Edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.70cm Weight: 0.417kg ISBN: 9780842025553ISBN 10: 0842025553 Pages: 293 Publication Date: 01 September 1995 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction: The Course of American Diplomacy Chapter 2 In Search of an Orderly World: U.S. Imperialism, 1898-1912 Chapter 3 Woodrow Wilson and U.S. Intervention in World War I Chapter 4 The United States and the Versailles Peace Settlement Chapter 5 American Diplomacy in the 1920s Chapter 6 The Diplomacy of the Depression Chapter 7 The United States Enters World War II Chapter 8 World War II and the Coming of the Cold War Chapter 9 Containment and American Foreign Policy, 1945-1963 Chapter 10 The Cold War in Asia Chapter 11 Nuclear Weapons and Cold War Diplomacy Chapter 12 The Vietnam War Chapter 13 Latin America in the Cold War and After Chapter 14 The Middle East, Oil, and the Third World Chapter 15 Afterword: Facing a New World OrderReviewsThese original essays in their first edition were most welcome and significant because they were readable, succinct interpretations of pivotal events offered by leading scholars in the field. With the addition of three new and important essays that focus on the Cold War, the new edition is even better. -- Walter LaFeber, Cornell University Particularly noteworthy is the ability of the authors to combine interesting, provocative interpretations with basic factual and historiographical data within ... brief essays... A timely and welcome arrival. Journal of American History A very useful collection of original essays on the major issues of modern American diplomatic history... Highly recommended. CHOICE An up-to-date and readable collection of essays by well-known specialists. Taken together, they provide excellent coverage of key issues in the history of modern America. A good choice for the undergraduate classroom. -- Michael J. Hogan, Ohio State University An up-to-date and readable collection of essays by well-known specialists. Taken together, they provide excellent coverage of key issues in the history of modern America. A good choice for the undergraduate classroom.--Michael J. Hogan Author InformationJohn M. Carroll is regents' professor of history at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. George C. Herring is alumni professor of history at the University of Kentucky. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |