1st Edition

The US Secretaries of State and Transatlantic Relations

Edited By Klaus Larres Copyright 2010
136 Pages
by Routledge

136 Pages
by Routledge

136 Pages
by Routledge

Transatlantic relations have been among the most crucially important areas for US foreign policy since 1945. For reasons of self-interest and with regard to common transatlantic values and political, economic and security interests, every American Secretary of State to date has dedicated a considerable period of time to America’s relations with Europe. This book assesses the transatlantic policy... Read more

1. Introduction  Klaus Larres  2. George W. Bush’s Secretaries of State and Europe: Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice  Klaus Larres  3. President Clinton’s Secretaries of State: Warren Christopher and Madeleine Albright  John Dumbrell  4. Ronald Reagan’s and George H. W. Bush’s Secretaries of State: Alexander Haig, George Shultz and James Baker  Michael F. Hopkins  5. The scholar statesman: Henry Kissinger  Dieter Dettke  6. The quiet man: Dean Rusk and Western Europe  Christian Nuenlist  7. John Foster Dulles: moralism and anti-communism  Dianne Kirby  8. President Harry Truman’s Secretaries of State: Stettinius, Byrnes, Marshall and Acheson  Michael F. Hopkins

Biography

Klaus Larres is professor of history and international affairs at the University of Ulster. He is the former holder of the Henry A. Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.