American Foreign Policy Since World War II

by Spanier, John W.

• ISBN13: 9780871875570
• ISBN10: 0871875578
• Edition: 12th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1990-01-01
• Publisher: Cq Pr

Table of Contents

Maps and Featured Figures	p. x
Preface	p. xi
The American Approach to Foreign Policy	p. 1
Learning from Experience	p. 4
The Volatile State System	p. 6
The American National Style	p. 10
Self-Doubts and Revisionist Histories	p. 19
From World War to Cold War	p. 24
American Wartime Illusions	p. 25
The Russo-Soviet Approach to Foreign Policy	p. 29
Soviet Expansion after World War II	p. 33
Toward the Strategy of Containment	p. 38
Declaring Cold War: The Truman Doctrine	p. 48
Containment: From Theory to Practice	p. 52
New Economic and Military Structures	p. 54
Reviving the Western European Allies	p. 57
Confronting Revolution in East Asia	p. 68
Domestic Pressures for a Global Crusade	p. 79
Nuclear Strategy and the "Balance of Terror"	p. 82
Developing Countries in the Crossfire	p. 88
Obstacles to Political and Economic Development	p. 91
Clashing Models of Economic Development	p. 100
Regional Conflicts in Africa and the Middle East	p. 104
U.S. Policy toward Latin America	p. 109
Superpower Confrontation in Cuba	p. 113
Vietnam and the Cost of Containment	p. 122
Ejection of the French from Vietnam	p. 123
The 'Domino Theory' and U.S. Intervention	p. 126
The Perils of Incrementalism	p. 130
The Misconduct of Guerrilla Warfare	p. 133
Disengagement from Vietnam	p. 141
Congress versus the 'Imperial Presidency'	p. 145
The Era of Superpower Detente	p. 149
Managing the Superpower Rivalry	p. 152
Arms Control as the Centerpiece of Detente	p. 163
The Limitations of Detente	p. 166
Disillusionment with Detente	p. 172
Jimmy Carter and World-Order Politics	p. 175
Recognizing Global Interdependence	p. 177
A Focus on North-South Relations	p. 180
Carter's Middle East Breakthrough	p. 186
The Collapse of Carter's Foreign Policy	p. 191
Lessons of World-Order Politics	p. 198
The Revival of Superpower Confrontation	p. 201
Reagan's Rhetorical Offensive	p. 203
Expanding U.S. Military Forces	p. 205
'Rollback' in Developing Countries	p. 210
Alliance Politics in the Late Cold War	p. 221
From Confrontation to Conciliation	p. 228
The End of the Cold War	p. 232
Bush's Management of the Soviet Collapse	p. 233
Endgame: The Collapse of the Core	p. 247
Reasons for the Soviet Collapse: Contending Arguments	p. 252
A Final Appraisal	p. 259
America's 'Unipolar Moment'	p. 261
Great Expectations after the Cold War	p. 265
Revived Debates about America's World Role	p. 267
Clinton's Embrace of 'Geoeconomics'	p. 272
Promoting Democracy and Sustainable Development	p. 281
Domestic Challenges to Clinton's Foreign Policy	p. 285
Old Tensions in a New Order	p. 290
Sources of Global Fragmentation	p. 291
War and Peace in the Middle East	p. 293
The Plight of 'Failed States'	p. 305
Nuclear Brinkmanship in South Asia	p. 312
Lessons from the Regional Crises	p. 315
The Shifting European Landscape	p. 319
Western Europe: From Community to Union	p. 321
Jump-Starting Democracy in Eastern Europe	p. 325
NATO's Endurance after the Cold War	p. 328
'Ethnic Cleansing' in the Balkans	p. 331
U.S.-Russian Relations under Stress	p. 341
Into the Twenty-first Century	p. 350
Realism versus Moralism: The Current Debate	p. 353
The Globalization Backlash	p. 358
Unfinished Business after the Millennium	p. 365
Future Prospects for American Leadership	p. 374
U.S. Administrations since World War II	p. 377
Chronology of Significant Events	p. 378
Select Bibliography	p. 393
Select Web Sites	p. 406
Illustration Credits and Acknowledgments	p. 408
Index	p. 409
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