1st Edition

American Foreign Relations A New Diplomatic History

By Walter L. Hixson Copyright 2016
500 Pages
by Routledge

500 Pages
by Routledge

500 Pages
by Routledge

American Foreign Relations: A New Diplomatic History is a compelling narrative history of American foreign policy from the early settlement of North America to the present. In addition to economic and strategic motives, Walter L. Hixson integrates key cultural factors—including race, gender, and religion—into the story of American foreign policy. He demonstrates how these factors played a vital... Read more

Preface

  1. THE FIRST FOREIGN POLICY: EURO-AMERICAN RELATIONS WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, 1492-1800
  2. THE DIPLOMACY OF THE NEW REPUBLIC
  3. MANIFEST DESTINY
  4. PRESERVING THE UNION, TAKING THE WEST
  5. CARIBBEAN EMPIRE
  6. BECOMING A PACIFIC POWER
  7. WAR AND DISILLUSION
  8. THE DIPLOMACY OF WORLD WAR II
  9. THE COLD WAR
  10. EVOLUTION OF THE COLD WAR
  11. DIPLOMACY IN THE "THIRD WORLD"
  12. ORDEAL IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
  13. END OF THE COLD WAR
  14. A NEW WORLD ORDER
  15. GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR
  16. DIPLOMACY OF THE FUTURE

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Biography

Walter L. Hixon is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Akron.