American Foreign Relations A History, Volume I, Brief Edition

by Paterson, Thomas; Clifford, J. Garry; Maddock, Shane J.; Kisatsky, Deborah; Hagan, Kenneth

• ISBN13: 9780618382217
• ISBN10: 0618382216
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-10-03
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

American Foreign Relations,Brief, addresses the major issues presented inAmerican Foreign Relationsin a convenient, concise format. Like its full-length counterpart, the text places the idea of American expansion at its center, using this concept to examine the political and diplomatic--as well as social and cultural--dimensions of America's role in the world. This brief text allows professors to incorporate primary sources or other materials into their courses, or to teach a one-semester course on American foreign relations. The text offers a concise presentation of material within the same framework as the full-length version ofAmerican Foreign Relations. Coverage of recent events and topics includes the war in Iraq, the Abu Ghraib prison scandal,The 9/11 Commission Report,and debates on foreign policy in the 2004 election.

Table of Contents

Note: Each chapter concludes with Further Reading for the Period

Embryo of Empire: Americans and the World Before 1789

Diplomatic Crossroad: Jay, Franklin, Adams, and Negotiations for Independence, 1782

Reaching for Independence: Ideology and Commercial Power Opportunity and Necessity: Alliance with France Suspicious Suitors in Europe

A Separate Peace: The Treaty of Paris Diplomatic Frustrations Under the Articles of Confederation

The New Constitution and the Legacy of the Founding Generation

Independence, Expansion, and War, 1789–1815 Diplomatic Crossroad: The Chesapeake Affair, 1807

The French Revolution and American Debates Commerce, Politics, and Diplomacy: Jay's Treaty Pinckney's Treaty, France, and Washington's Farewell

The XYZ Affair and the Quasi-War with France The Louisiana Purchase Blockades, Neutral Trade, and Impressment, 1803–1807 "Peaceable Coercion" and the War of 1812

In All the Tenses: Why War Came Wartime Diplomacy and the Peace of Ghent

The Legacy of an Unwon War

Extending and Preserving the Sphere, 1815–1848

Diplomatic Crossroad: Mexican-American War on the Rio Grande, 1846

Expanding the Sphere: Manifest Destiny Commercial Ambitions in the Pacific John Quincy Adams, the Floridas, and the Transcontinental Treaty

The Monroe Doctrine Targets Europe and the Western Hemisphere Trade, Canada, and Other Anglo-American Intersections Contest over Oregon

The Texas Revolution and Annexation

The War with Mexico and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo The Lessons and Costs of Expansion, 1815–1848

Expansionism, Sectionalism, and Civil War, 1848–1865

Diplomatic Crossroad: William Walker and Filibustering in Central America, 1855–1860 Sectionalism and Sputtering Expansionism

The South's Dream of Empire The Cuba–United States Nexus Openings to East Asia Anglo-American Deacute;tente, an Isthmian Canal, and Central America

The American Civil War and International Relations British "Lookers On" Across the Atlantic War as Catalyst

Global Rivalry and Regional Power, 1865–1895

Diplomatic Crossroad: The Foiled Grab of the Dominican Republic, 1869–1870

The Culture of Expansionism and Imperialism Economic Expansion and International Rivalry

The New Navy Secretary William H. Seward Eyes the Future Great Britain, Canada, and North American Disputes Americans in Asia: China, Japan, and Korea Pacific Prizes: Hawai'i and Samoa Eyeing Africa Latin America Moves into the Yankee Vortex

Imperialist Leap, 1895–1900

Diplomatic Crossroad: The Maine, McKinley, and War, 1898

The Venezuela Crisis of 1895 Men of Empire Cleveland and McKinley Confront Cuba Libre, 1895–1898

The Spanish-American-Cuban-Filipino War Peace and Empire: The Debate in the United States Imperial Collisions in Asia: The Philippine Insurrection and the Open Door in China

The Elbows of a World Power, 1895–1900

Diplomatic Crossroad: Severing Panama from Colombia for the Canal, 1903

The Conservative Shapers of Empire Cuba Under the Platt Amendment

The Constable of the Caribbean The Quest for Order in Haiti and Nicaragua

The Mexican Revolution Threatens U.S. Interests Japan, China, and Dollar Diplomacy in Asia Anglo-American Rapprochement and Empire-Building

War, Peace, and Revolution in the Time of Wilson, 1914–1920

The Travails of Neutrality Submarines, Neutral Rights, and Mediation Efforts Wilson Leads America into World War

The Debate over Preparedness The Doughboys Make the Difference in Europe

The Fourteen Points and the Peace Conference Principle, Personality, Health, and Partisanship: The League Fight Red Scare Abroad: Bolshevism and Intervention in Russia

The Whispering Gallery of Global Disorder

Imperialist Leap, 1895–1900 Diplomatic Crossroad: The Maine, McKinley, and War, 1898

The Venezuela Crisis of 1895 Men of Empire Cleveland and McKinley Confront Cuba Libre, 1895–1898

The Spanish-American-Cuban-Filipino War Peace and Empire: The Debate in the United States Imperial Collisions in Asia: The Philippine Insurrection and the Open Door in China

The Elbows of a World Power, 1895–1900

Managing, Policing, and Extending the Empire, 1900–1914

Diplomatic Crossroad: Severing Panama from Colombia for the Canal, 1903

The Conservative Shapers of Empire Cuba Under the Platt Amendment

The Constable of the Caribbean

The Quest for Order in Haiti and Nicaragua

The Mexican Revolution Threatens U.S. Interests Japan, China, and Dollar Diplomacy in Asia Anglo-American Rapprochement and Empire-Building

War, Peace, and Revolution in the Time of Wilson, 1914–1920

Diplomatic Crossroad: The Sinking of the Lusitania, 1915

The Travails of Neutrality Submarines, Neutral Rights, and Mediation Efforts Wilson Leads America into World War

The Debate over Preparedness

The Doughboys Make the Difference in Europe The Fourteen Points and the Peace Conference Principle, Personality, Health, and Partisanship: The League Fight Red Scare Abroad: Bolshevism and Intervention in Russia

The Whispering Gallery of Global Disorder

Descending into Europe's Maelstrom, 1920–1939

Diplomatic Crossroad: Roosevelt's Attempt to Extend America's Frontier to the Rhine, 1939

The Independent Internationalists Economic and Cultural Expansion in a Rickety World Peace Seekers for a World Without War Cold as Steel: Soviet-American Encounters Hitler's Germany, Appeasement, and the Outbreak of War American Isolationism and the Neutrality Acts Roosevelt Shifts and Congress Balks on the Eve of War

Asia, Latin America, and the Vagaries of Power, 1920–1939

Diplomatic Crossroad: The Manchurian Crisis, 1931–1932

A Question of Power Facing Japan: The Washington Naval Disarmament Conference and China Japan's Footsteps for a New Pacific Order Making and Managing Good Neighbors in Latin America Creating Dictators in the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and Haiti Subverting Nationalism in Cuba and Puerto Rico Compromising with Mexico: Oil and Nationalism Pan Americanism and the Approach of the Second World War

Survival and Spheres: The Allies and the Second World War, 1939–1945

Diplomatic Crossroad: The Atlantic Charter Conference, 1941

Juggling Between War and Peace, 1939–1941 Asian Collision Course: Japanese-American Relations, 1939–1941

The Big Three: Strategies and Fissures, 1941–1943 In Search of a China Policy Bystanders to the Holocaust Planning the Postwar Peace, 1943–1945

Compromises at Yalta To Each Its Own: Allied Divergence and Spheres of Influence The Potsdam Conference and the Legacy of the Second World War

All-Embracing Struggle: The Cold War Begins, 1945–1950

Diplomatic Crossroad: The Atomic Bomb at Hiroshima, 1945

The Big Two and the International System Challenging the Soviet Sphere in Eastern Europe Stiffening Up: Early Cold War Crises

The Truman Doctrine, Israel, and Containment On Its Feet and Off Our Backs: The Marshall Plan, NATO, and the Division of Europe Asian Allies: Restoring Japan and Backing J

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