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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Employing a narrative approach that uncovers the tangled and often confusing nature of foreign affairs, Crucible of Power focuses on the personalities, security interests, and post-war/Cold War tendencies behind the formulation and implementation of U.S. foreign policy since 1945. The book includes updated coverage of the Bush administration's foreign policy, with particular emphasis on the Middle East. Selections from key foreign policy documents appear in each chapter Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Cold War and Containment in Europe and the Near East, 1945-1950Chapter 2: Cold War and Containment in East Asia, 1950-1953Chapter 3: Containment Continued: The Eisenhower Years, 1953-1961Chapter 4: Containment at the Brink: Kennedy and Cuba, 1961-1963Chapter 5: Containment in Collapse: Johnson and Vietnam, 1963-1969Chapter 6: Vietnamization through Détente: A New Containment, 1969-1977Chapter 7: The New World Order: Jimmy Carter and the Diplomacy of Human Rights, 1977-1981Chapter 8: Cold War II: Reagan and the Revival of Containment, 1981-1989Chapter 9: The End of the Cold War and the Outbreak of Regional Conflicts, 1989-2001Chapter 10: President George W. Bush and Missionary Diplomacy: 9/11, the Preemptive War with Iraq, and the Global War on Terrorism, 2001-
