US Foreign Policy Since 1945

by Dobson; Alan P.

• ISBN13: 9780415386401
• ISBN10: 0415386403
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-09-06
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

With new edition features that include expanded coverage of the Cold War, new chapters on the post-Cold War era and a new conclusion that examines key themes and looks to the future, this is an essential introduction to postwar US foreign policy.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations and acronyms	viii
Key personnel	xi
Timeline	xiii
Preface	xvii
US foreign policy: evolution, formulation and execution	1	(19)
The US and the Cold War: explanation and containment	20	(12)
Superpower collaboration and confrontation: US containment policy, 1950--91	32	(23)
Economic statecraft, 1945--89	55	(12)
The US and Europe, 1950--89	67	(16)
Hegemony and the Western Hemisphere	83	(14)
The US and Asia, 1945--89	97	(13)
The US, Africa and the Middle East, 1945--89	110	(16)
Power and purpose: the end of the Cold War and new challenges for American foreign policy	126	(18)
The US and post-Cold War Europe	144	(20)
The US and post-Cold War Africa and the Middle East	164	(21)
The Western Hemisphere and Asia in the post-Cold War world	185	(22)
Conclusion	207	(10)
Notes	217	(18)
Bibliography	235	(14)
Index	249