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A critical tool for the study of U.S. history, this volume offers an analysis of important documents and decisions in U.S. foreign policy from George Washington to Barack Obama.

Table of Contents

Reader's Guide to the Documents and Sidebars Introduction: American Foreign Policy: The Theoretical Landscape 1. George Washington to James Monroe: The Origins of Regionalism 2. Andrew Jackson to Andrew Johnson: Westward Expansionism and Manifest Destiny 3. William McKinley to Woodrow Wilson: Beyond Regionalism and Isolationism 4. Franklin D. Roosevelt: From the Arsenal of Democracy to Superpower Status 5. Harry Truman to Lyndon B. Johnson: Containment 6. Richard M. Nixon to Ronald Reagan: Toward the End of the Cold War 7. George H.?W. Bush to Bill Clinton: The New World Order 8. George W. Bush: Empire 9. Barack Obama: Liberal Realism Afterword Selected Resources Index About the Authors

About the Author

Akis Kalaitzidis is associate professor of political science at the University of Central Missouri. Gregory W. Streich is professor of political science at the University of Central Missouri.