This is a classic survey of US foreign policy from 1938 to President Clinton's second term, now fully revised.

Table of Contents

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, detente, 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.

About the Author

Stephen Ambrose and Douglas Brinkley are both Professors of History at the University of New Orleans.