Rise to globalism : American foreign policy since 1938 /
Ambrose, Stephen E.
Rise to globalism : American foreign policy since 1938 / Stephen E. Ambrose and Douglas G. Brinkley. - 9th rev. ed. - New York : Penguin Books, 2011. - p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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, DeÌtente, 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.
9780142004944
2010033860
United States--Foreign relations--1933-1945.
United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
United States--Foreign relations--1989-
E744 / .A477 2011
327.73
Rise to globalism : American foreign policy since 1938 / Stephen E. Ambrose and Douglas G. Brinkley. - 9th rev. ed. - New York : Penguin Books, 2011. - p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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, DeÌtente, 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.
9780142004944
2010033860
United States--Foreign relations--1933-1945.
United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
United States--Foreign relations--1989-
E744 / .A477 2011
327.73