The American Age: U.S. Foreign Policy at Home and Abroad Contributor(s): LaFeber, Walter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393964744 ISBN-13: 9780393964745 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $70.78 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1994 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - Diplomacy |
Dewey: 327.73 |
LCCN: 93-14460 |
Lexile Measure: 1260 |
Physical Information: 1.29" H x 6.18" W x 9.24" (2.40 lbs) 864 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In the Second Edition, LaFeber has revised nearly every chapter in the book. In the early chapters, there is more attention to the origins of foreign policy institutions and practices, including precedents for the executive agreement, and new discussions of U.S. relations with Britain in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The more recent chapters feature fresh insights of Potsdam, the origins of the Korean War, and the Cuban Missile Crisis--all based on new evidence drawn from Soviet archives. The new edition amply covers the momentous events that brought the Cold War to an end and thrust the United States into the uncetain position of the world's only superpower. |
Contributor Bio(s): LaFeber, Walter: - Walter LaFeber is professor of history at Cornell University and the author of The Clash and Inevitable Revolutions. |