Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Cold War and Containment in Europe and the Near East, 1945–1950
Chapter 2: Cold War and Containment in East Asia, 1950–1953
Chapter 3: Containment Continued: The Eisenhower Years, 1953–1961
Chapter 4: Containment at the Brink: Kennedy and Cuba, 1961–1963
Chapter 5: Containment in Collapse: Johnson and Vietnam, 1963–1969
Chapter 6: Vietnamization through Détente: A New Containment, 1969–1977
Chapter 7: The New World Order: Jimmy Carter and the Diplomacy of Human Rights, 1977–1981
Chapter 8: Cold War II: Reagan and the Revival of Containment, 1981–1989
Chapter 9: The End of the Cold War and the Outbreak of Regional Conflicts, 1989–2001
Chapter 10: President George W. Bush and Missionary Diplomacy: 9/11, the Preemptive 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.

Reviews

Praise for Crucible of Power: A History of American Foreign Relations from 1897: In a volume characteristic of his broad-ranging and important scholarship on U.S. foreign relations, Professor Jones has written a comprehensive, tempered, and highly accessible narrative account of the nation's twentieth-century international involvements.--Joseph A. Fry, University of Nevada, Las Vegas