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US foreign policy since 1945

Author: Alan P Dobson; Steve Marsh
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.
Series: Making of the contemporary world.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"US Foreign Policy since 1945 is an essential and concise introduction to postwar US foreign policy. This book explores the key questions of who makes policy, why, in what style or tradition, under what kinds of democratic control and in what kind of international environment." "US Foreign Policy since 1945 provides challenging and thought-provoking analysis of the crucial issues, including: containment; presidential  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Alan P Dobson; Steve Marsh
ISBN: 0415240557 9780415240550 0415172934 9780415172936
OCLC Number: 43729127
Description: xvi, 158 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: US foreign policy: evolution, formulation and execution --
The US and the Cold War: explanation and early containment, 1945-61 --
Superpower collaboration and confrontation: US containment policy, 1961-91 --
Economic statecraft --
The US and Europe, 1950-89: beware your allies? --
Hegemony and the Western Hemisphere --
The US and Asia, 1945-89 --
The US, Africa and the Middle East, 1945-89 --
The US and the post-Cold War disorder --
Contemporary challenges.
Series Title: Making of the contemporary world.
Other Titles: United States foreign policy since 1945
U.S. foreign policy since 1945
Responsibility: Alan P. Dobson and Steve Marsh.
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"US Foreign Policy since 1945 is an essential and concise introduction to postwar US foreign policy. This book explores the key questions of who makes policy, why, in what style or tradition, under what kinds of democratic control and in what kind of international environment." "US Foreign Policy since 1945 provides challenging and thought-provoking analysis of the crucial issues, including: containment; presidential war powers; realism and idealism; the Cuban missile crisis; Vietnam, Panama, Yugoslavia and Kosovo; the New World Order; and US interventionism and exit strategies."--Jacket.

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