The Routledge History of U.S. Foreign Relations: (Routledge Histories)

The Routledge History of U.S. Foreign Relations provides a comprehensive view of U.S. diplomacy and foreign affairs from the founding to the present. With contributions from recognized experts from around the world, this volume unveils America’s long and complicated history on the world stage. It presents the United States’ evolution from a weak player, even a European pawn, to a global hegemonic leader over the course of two and a half centuries. The contributors offer an expansive vision of U.S. foreign relations—from U.S.-Native American diplomacy in eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to the post-9/11 war on terror. They shed new light on well-known events and suggest future paths of research, and they capture lesser-known episodes that invite reconsideration of common assumptions about America’s place in the world. Bringing these discussions to a single forum, the book provides a strong reference source for scholars and students who seek to understand the broad themes and changing approaches to the field. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of U.S. history, political science, international relations, conflict resolution, and public policy, amongst other areas.

Table of Contents:
0. Introduction  Part I: Major Themes  1. Location Empire  2. Race, Gender, Diplomacy  3. Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Relations  4. Migration and U.S. Foreign Relations  5. Biography  6. Public Opinion  7. Praying for Democracy: Christianity as Cultural Diplomacy in American-Occupied Japan, 1945-1952  Part II: Early Republic  8. Diplomacy and Independence  9. No "Insult Unpunished": Trade and War in the Mediterranean and North Africa, 1785-1805  10. Britain, France, and the Road to War  11. The Colossus of  the North: The Iberian Empires and the United States, 1776-1823  12. China-Oriented: Early American Trade with Asia  Part III: Age of Manifest Destiny  13. Before Domestic Dependent Nationhood: Entanglements of Indigenous Diplomacy and U.S. Foreign Policy  14. U.S.-Mexico Relations in the Era of Manifest Destiny  15. Civil War Diplomacy  16. An Interplay between Manifest Destiny and American Capitalism: Early U.S.-Asia Relations  Part IV: World Wars  17. Russian Roulette: The United States of America's Response to the Revolutions in Russa during World War I  18. The United States and Latin America and the Carribean, c. 1898-1940  19. Where Culture Met Policy: U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Europe During World War II  20. More than a Springboard for U.S. Cold War Hegemony: Asia and World War II  21. Keeping the Peace?: A Close Look at U.S. Foreign Relations in the Postwar Period  Part V: Cold War Era  22. Balancing Needs: A Reassessment of Eisenhower's Foregin Policy  23. Vietnam  24. China and United States During the Cold War: Bridging Two Eras  25. American Policy in the Middle East during the Cold War: Interests, Constraints, and Decision-making  26. Decolonization, Human Rights, and Anti-Communism: United States-African Relations in the Cold War Era  27. U.S. Policy toward Latin America and the Carribbean during the Cold War  Part VI: Global Hegemony  28. Global Hegemony and American Foreign Policy: From the Cold War's End to 9/11  29. Paved with Good Intentions: United States Foreign Policy after 9/11

About the Author :
Tyson Reeder is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Virginia, USA, where he is an editor with the Papers of James Madison and specializes in Madison’s tenure as secretary of state.