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Informationen zum Autor Gordon Martel is Professor of History and Chair at the University of Northern British Columbia and Senior Research Fellow at De Montfort University. He is the editor of The Origins of the Second World War Reconsidered (1986), Modern Germany Reconsidered, 1870–1945 (1992) and of The New International History series also published by Routledge. Klappentext This major book collects twelve of the leading scholars in the field of U.S. foreign relations. Each contributor provides a clear, concise summary of an important period or theme in U.S. diplomatic and strategic affairs since the Spanish Civil War. The articles follow the chronological development of the emergence of the United States as a world power. Special themes such as the American policy-making process, the role of economic interests, imperialism and neo-colonialism, and the dynamics of the nuclear arms race receive particularly thorough emphasis. Remarkable for its depth and breadth of concern, "U.S. Foreign Relations Reconsidered" is an indispensable resource for those interested in coming to a further and comphrensive understanding of U.S. foreign relations. Each author focuses of key controversy in the period and provides a singularly incisive interpretation of U.S. foreign policy. Zusammenfassung Brings together 12 scholars of US foreign relations. Each contributor provides a concise summary of an important theme in US affairs since the Spanish-American War. US policy process, economic interests, relations with the Third World, and the nuclear arms race have been highlighted. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Traditions of American diplomacy: from colony to great power 2 “They don’t come out where you expect”: institutions of American diplomacy and the policy process 3 Economic interest and United States foreign policy 4 Imperialism, American style, 1890–1916 5 Wilsonian diplomacy in war and peace 6 The triumph of isolationism 7 The interpretive wars over the Cold War, 1945–60 8 From Kennedy to Nixon: the end of consensus 9 From détente to the Gulf 10 The United States and the rise of the Third World 11 Reconsidering the nuclear arms race: the past as prelude? 12 American diplomacy: retrospect and prospect...
