American Foreign Relations A History, Volume I, Brief Edition
by Paterson, Thomas; Clifford, J. Garry; Maddock, Shane J.; Kisatsky, Deborah; Hagan, KennethEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-10-03
Publisher(s): Wadsworth Publishing
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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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