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From colony to superpower, U.S. foreign relations since 1776, George C. Herring

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From colony to superpower, U.S. foreign relations since 1776, George C. Herring
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
mapsplatesillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
From colony to superpower
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
George C. Herring
Series statement
The Oxford history of the United States
Sub title
U.S. foreign relations since 1776
Table Of Contents
To begin the world over again : foreign policy and the birth of the republic, 1776-1788 -- None who can make us afraid : the new republic in a hostile world, 1789-1801 -- Purified as by fire : republicanism imperiled and reaffirmed, 1801-1815 -- Leave the rest to us : the assertive republic, 1815-1837 -- A dose of arsenic : slavery, expansion, and the road to disunion, 1837-1861 -- Last best hope : the Union, the Confederacy, and Civil War diplomacy, 1861-1877 -- A good enough England : foreign relations in the Gilded Age, 1877-1893 -- The War of 1898, the new empire, and the dawn of the American century, 1893-1901 -- Bursting with good intentions : the United States in world affairs, 1901-1913 -- A new age : Wilson, the Great War, and the quest for a new world order, 1913-1921 -- Involvement without commitment, 1921-1931 -- The great transformation : depression, isolationism, and war, 1931-1941 -- Five continents and seven seas : World War II and the emergence of American globalism, 1941-1945 -- A noble burden far from our shores : Truman, the Cold War, and the revolution in U.S. foreign policy, 1945-1953 -- Coexistence and crises, 1953-1961 -- Gulliver's troubles: Kennedy, Johnson, and the limits of power, 1961-1968 -- Nixon, Kissinger, and the end of the postwar era, 1969-1974 -- Foreign policy in an age of dissonance, 1974-1981 -- A unique and extraordinary moment : Gorbachev, Reagan, Bush, and the end of the Cold War, 1981-1991 -- The strength of a giant : America as hyper-power, 1992-2007
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