Author:
Jones, Howard, 1940-
Imprint:Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2008.
Descriptionxii, 309 p. : ill., ports, map ; 25 cm.
Note:U.S. imperialism and the new manifest destiny, 1897-1900. - Theodore Roosevelt and the search for world order, 1900-1913. - Woodrow Wilson and missionary diplomacy : prologue to U.S. entry into World War I, 1913-1917. - World War I and the League of Nations, 1917-1921. - The independent internationalism of the United States, 1921-1933. - The coming of World War II, 1933-1939. - From Europe to Pearl Harbor, 1939-1941. - Wartime diplomacy and the origins of the Cold War, 1941-1945. - Cold War and containment in Europe and the Near East, 1945-1950. - Cold War and containment in East Asia, 1950-1953. - Containment continued : the Eisenhower years, 1953-1961. - Containment at the brink : Kennedy and Cuba, 1961-1963. - Containment in collapse : Johnson and Vietnam, 1963-1969. - Vietnamization through détente : a new containment, 1969-1977. - The new world order : Jimmy Carter and the diplomacy of human rights, 1977-1981. - Cold War II: Reagan and the revival of containment, 1981-1989. - The end of the Cold War and regional conflicts, 1989-2001. - President George W. Bush and missionary diplomacy : 9/11, the pre-emptive war with Iraq, and the global war on terrorism, 2001-.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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