Chapter 1 Introduction: The Course of American Diplomacy Chapter 2 In Search of an Orderly World: U.S. Imperialism, 1898-1912 Chapter 3 Woodrow Wilson and U.S. Intervention in World War I Chapter 4 The United States and the Versailles Peace Settlement Chapter 5 American Diplomacy in the 1920s Chapter 6 The Diplomacy of the Depression Chapter 7 The United States Enters World War II Chapter 8 World War II and the Coming of the Cold War Chapter 9 Containment and American Foreign Policy, 1945-1963 Chapter 10 The Cold War in Asia Chapter 11 Nuclear Weapons and Cold War Diplomacy Chapter 12 The Vietnam War Chapter 13 Latin America in the Cold War and After Chapter 14 The Middle East, Oil, and the Third World Chapter 15 Afterword: Facing a New World Order
John M. Carroll is regents' professor of history at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. George C. Herring is alumni professor of history at the University of Kentucky.
These original essays in their first edition were most welcome and
significant because they were readable, succinct interpretations of
pivotal events offered by leading scholars in the field. With the
addition of three new and important essays that focus on the Cold
War, the new edition is even better.
*Walter LaFeber*
Particularly noteworthy is the ability of the authors to combine
interesting, provocative interpretations with basic factual and
historiographical data within . . . brief essays. . . . A timely
and welcome arrival.
*Journal of American History*
A very useful collection of original essays on the major issues of
modern American diplomatic history. . . . Highly recommended.
*CHOICE*
An up-to-date and readable collection of essays by well-known
specialists. Taken together, they provide excellent coverage of key
issues in the history of modern America. A good choice for the
undergraduate classroom.
*Michael J. Hogan, Ohio State University*
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