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List of contents
Chapter 1: U.S. Imperialism and the New Manifest Destiny, 1897--1900 Chapter 2: Theodore Roosevelt and the Search for World Order, 1900--1913 Chapter 3: Woodrow Wilson and Missionary Diplomacy: Prologue to U.S. Entry into World War I, 1913--1917 Chapter 4: World War I and the League of Nations, 1917--1921 Chapter 5: The Independent Internationalism of the United States, 1921--1933 Chapter 6: The Coming of World War II, 1933--1939 Chapter 7: From Europe to Pearl Harbor, 1939--1941 Chapter 8: Wartime Diplomacy and the Origins of the Cold War, 1941--1945 Chapter 9: Cold War and Containment in Europe and the Near East, 1945--1950 Chapter 10: Cold War and Containment in East Asia, 1950--1953 Chapter 11: Containment Continued: The Eisenhower Years, 1953--1961 Chapter 12: Containment at the Brink: Kennedy and Cuba, 1961--1963 Chapter 13: Containment in Collapse: Johnson and Vietnam, 1963--1969 Chapter 14: Vietnamization through Detente: A New Containment, 1969--1977 Chapter 15: The New World Order: Jimmy Carter and the Diplomacy of Human Rights, 1977--1981 Chapter 16: Cold War II: Reagan and the Revival of Containment, 1981--1989 Chapter 17: The End of the Cold War and Regional Conflicts, 1989--2001 Chapter 18: President George W. Bush and Missionary Diplomacy: 9/11, the Pre-Emptive War with Iraq, and the Global War on Terrorism, 2001--
About the author
Howard Jones is research professor in the Department of History at the University of Alabama. A recipient of both the John F. Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award for teaching and research and the Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor Award, he teaches courses in American foreign relations and the U.S.-Vietnam War.
