Bibliograph

Rise to globalism, American foreign policy since 1938, Stephen E. Ambrose and Douglas G. Brinkley

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Rise to globalism, American foreign policy since 1938, Stephen E. Ambrose and Douglas G. Brinkley

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 513-530) and index

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maps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Rise to globalism

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Responsibility statement

Stephen E. Ambrose and Douglas G. Brinkley

Sub title

American foreign policy since 1938

Table Of Contents

The twisting path to war -- The war in Europe -- The war in Asia -- The beginnings of the Cold War -- The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan -- Containment tested -- Korea -- Eisenhower, Dulles, and the irreconcilable conflict -- From Hungary and Suez to Cuba -- Kennedy and the new frontiers -- Vietnam : paying the cost of containment -- Nixon, detente, and the debacle in Vietnam -- America in the Middle East and Africa -- Carter and human rights -- Reagan and the evil empire -- The end of the Cold War -- Bush and the Gulf War -- Clinton and democratic enlargement -- Clinton and the new post-Cold War order -- The tragedy of September 11, 2001 -- After the attack and into Iraq

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