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Crucible of power : a history of U.S. foreign relations since 1897

A revised version of the text "Quest for Security: A History of US Foreign Relations from 1897".
Print Book, English, c2001
SR Books, Lanham, MD, c2001
xii, 555 p. : il. , mapas, ; 26 cm.
9780842029186, 0842029184
1089551105
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-