US Foreign Policy since 1945 / Edition 2

by Alan Dobson, Alan P. Dobson, Steve Marsh

Overview

US Foreign Policy since 1945 is an essential introduction to postwar US foreign policy. It combines chronologic and thematic chapters to provide an historical account of US policy and to explore key questions about its design, control and effects.

New features of this second edition include:

• expanded coverage of the Cold War
• new chapters on the post-Cold War era
• a chronology and a new conclusion that draws together key themes and looks to the future.

Covering topics from American foreign policy-making, US power and democratic control, through to Cold War debates, economic warfare, WMDs and the war on terrorism, US Foreign Policy since 1945 is the ideal introduction to the topic for students of politics and international relations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415386401
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/11/2006
Series:	The Making of the Contemporary World
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Alan Dobson, Alan P. Dobson, Steve Marsh, Steve Marsh

Table of Contents

1. US Foreign Policy: Evolution, Formulation and Execution 2. The US and the Cold War: Explanation and Containment, 1945–61 3. Superpower Collaboration and Confrontation US Containment Policy, 1950–91 4. Economic Statecraft 1945–1989 5. The US and Europe, 1950–89 6. Hegemony and the Western Hemisphere 7. The US and Asia, 1945–89 8. The US, Africa and the Middle East, 1945–89 9. Power and Purpose: The End of the Cold War and New Challenges for American Foreign Policy 10. The US and Post-Cold War Europe 11. The US and Post-Cold War Africa and the Middle East 12. The Western Hemisphere and Asia in the Post-Cold War World 13. Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

'Those in quest of a comprehensive and empirically rich treatment of American foreign policy since the ending of the Second World War... can stop searching, for this is their book.' - International Journal

From the Publisher

In a concise treatment, Dobson (politics, U. of Dundee) and Marsh (U. of Cardiff) investigate who makes policy, why, in what style or tradition, under what kinds of democratic controls, and in what kind of international environment. Their topics include containment, presidential war powers, realism and idealism, interventionism and exit strategies, and a number of specific conflicts. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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