《THE AMERICAN AGE UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY AT HOME AND ABROAD SINCE 1750》求取 ⇩

1 The Roots of American Foreign Policy (1492-1789)5

THE BEGINNINGS: GOLD, GOD, AND PARADISE5

THE CITY ON A HILL--AND ON THE WATER8

THE FIRST AMERICANS10

THE AMERICAN "MULTIPLICATION TABLE" AND THE EUROPEAN POWER STRUGGLE11

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND THE PROBLEMS OF A RISING PEOPLE15

ROAD TO REVOLUTION (1763--1775)15

THE FOREIGN POLICY OF INDEPENDENCE (1776)18

THE FRENCH TRAP21

BITTERSWEET RESULTS OF PEACE27

To THE CONSTITUTION: "WHAT WILL RENDER US RESPECTABLE ABROAD?"27

THE "GRAND MACHINE" OF THE CONSTITUTION31

GREAT LOSERS33

NOTES35

FOR FURTHER READING37

2 A Second Struggle for independence and Union (1789-1815)39

LIBERTY AND EMPIRES39

THE FRAMEWORK: THE UNITED STATES (1789-1814)40

CHOSEN PEOPLE, THE BRITISH EMPIRE, AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION43

A TURN: FROM JAY TO X Y Z46

JEFFERSON AND LOUISIANA51

THE SECOND WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE AND UNION56

FROM NEAR-CATASTROPHE TO NEAR-VICTORY61

NOTES65

FOR FURTHER READING67

3The First, the Last: John Quincy Adams and the Monroe Doctrine (1815-1828)69

WINDMILLS, CLIPPER SHIPS, AND GOOD FEELINGS69

ADAMS72

SETTING THE STAGE75

THE TRANSCONTINENTAL TREATY76

OPENING "A GREAT TPAOlC VOLUME"--AND JULY 4, 182178

THE MONROE DOCTRINE81

GREAT LosERs: ADAMS THE PRESIDENT85

NOTES88

FOR FURTHER READING89

4The Amphibions Expansion of a Sixty-Five-Hundred-Thousand-Horsepower Steam Engine (1828-1850)91

THE CONTEXT: MANIFEST DESTINY AND RAILOADS IN RUSSIA91

REMOVING NATIVE AMERICANS95

THE ROAD TO CHINA97

TEXAS, MARIA CHILD, AND JAMES K. POLK100

OREGON: JOHN BULL'S EYE105

THE "FIRE-BRAND IN THE BODY": THE MEXICAN WAS AND SLAVERY109

Two NEAR-MISSES AND A NEAR-SETTLEMENT114

MANIFEST DESTINY IN CENTRAL AMERICA116

THE LEGACIES OF MANn*EST DESTINY AND JAMES K. POLK117

NOTES118

FOR FURTHER READING120

5The Climax of Early U.S. Foreign Policy: The Civil War (1850-1865)122

FOREIGN POLICY AS A CAUSE OF THE CIVIL WAR122

YOUNG AMERICA: SOUTH, NORTH, AND AT HOME124

WHIGS AND ASIA127

SEWARD: PROPHET OF U.S.-RUSSIAN RELATIONS130

CENTRAL AMERICA AND CUBA135

LINCOLN AND THE FOREIGN-POLICY DREAMS OF 1860--1861157

THE DIPLOMACY OF THE CmL WAR140

NOTES145

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6Laying the Foundations for "Superpowerdom" (1865-1896)148

LEGACIES OF THE CIVIL WAR148

THE CONTEXT OF THE EPA: TRHJMPH AND TRAGEDY150

A CHRONOLOGY OF POSTWAR EXPANSION: THE ALASKA PURCHASE AND A BACKLASH155

A CHRONOLOGY OF POSTWAR EXPANSION: WINNING THE WEST158

A CHRONOLOGY OF POSTWAR EXFANSION: AFRICA AND LATIN AMERlCA161

A CHRONOLOGY OF POSTWAR EXPANSION: THE PACIFIC AND ASIA168

THE 1865-TO-1896 ERA: A CONCLUSION175

NOTES177

FOR FURTHER READING179

7Turning Point: The McKinley Years (1896-1900)181

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LATE 1890s181

McKINLEY AND MCKINLEYTSM182

Two CRISES, ONE WAR185

"A SPLEND LITTLE WAR "190

... FOR CONTROL OF CUBA AND PUERTO RICO196

. . . AND THE CONQUEST OF THE FILIPINOS200

McKINLEY'S TRIUMPHS IN CHINA204

. . AND A FINAL TRIUMPH AT HOME211

NOTES213

FOR FURTHER READING216

8 The Search for Stabihty: Rough Riders and DollarDiplomats (1901-1915)218

THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND TWENTIETH-CENTURY U.S. FOREIGN POLICY218

A NEW PRESIDENCY FOR A NEW FOREIGN POLICY221

EAST, NORTH, AND SOUTH TO AN ISTHMIAN CANAL225

A GREAT DEPARTURE: THE ROOSEVEKT COROLLARY230

THE FATEFUL TRIANGLE: THE UNITED STATES, CHINA, AND JAPAN, 1900-1908255

TAFT, KNOX, AND DOLLAR DIPLOMACY240

DOLLAR DIPLOMACY IN ASIA242

DOLLAR DIPLOMACY IN LATIN AMERICA AND CANADA244

THE IAONY OF 1900-1913247

NOTES249

FOR FURTHER READlNG251

9Wilsonians, Revolutions, and War (1915-1917)255

THE WORLD OF WOODROW WILSON255

WILSON AND REVOLUTION: CHINA259

WILSON ANO REVOLUTIONS: MEXICO (OR, PAINTING THE FENCE POST WHITE)261

WILSON AND REVOLUTIONS: CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN265

THE UNITED STATES AND WORLD WAR I: LEGALITY VERSUS NEUTRALITY(1914-1916)268

THE DECISIONS FOR WAR (1916-- 1917)274

NOTES280

FOR FURTHER READING282

10Victors without Peace (1917-1920)284

WILSOM's APPROACH TO WAR AND PEACE284

OVER THERE: THE WESTERN FRONT286

OVER THERE: IN SOVIET RUSSIA289

PREPARING FOR PARIS295

THE "BLACK CLOUD" OVER PARIS299

AT PARIS: THE PRICE OF THE COVENANT301

AT PARIS: A "SANITARY CORDON" INSTEAD OF A "SANITARY EUROPE"304

IN WASHINGTON: THE DEFEAT OF THE COVENANT307

NOTES312

FOR FURTHER READING514

11The Rise and Fall of the American Structure for World Order (1920-1955)316

HARDING, HUGHES, AND HOOVER316

NEW RULES FOR AN OLD GAME: THE WASHINGTON TREATY SYSTEM (1921-1922)319

"CAPITAL . . . AND STATE CRAFT . . . GO HAND IN HAND": THE REPUBLICANS' SYSTEM323

THE RULES FOR THE NEW REPUBLICAN SYSTEM324

A CASE STUDY: EUROPE AND THE NEW RULES OF THE GAME326

THE OUTCAST---SOVIET RUSSIA--AND THE RULES OF THE GAME329

"GOD, J. P. MORGAN AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ARE NOT ENOUGH: THE COLLAPSE OF THE SYSTEM (1929)331

COLLAPSE OF THE WASHINGTON TREATY STRUCTURR: ASIA AND WAR354

GETTING "BLUE" OVER LATIN AMERICA359

THOSE BOLSHEVISTS IN MEXICO AND NICARAGUA341

CONCLUSION344

NOTES345

FOR FURTHER READING348

12 FDR and the Entry into World War II(1955-1941)350

THE SECOND ROOSEVELT350

LONDON, FALLURE AND HULL353

IMPROVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD356

THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD: CUBA AND MEXICO358

GERMANS, JAPANESE, AND A ONE-ARMED NUTCRACKER360

"ISOLATIONISTS" VERSUS "INTERNATIONALISTS"365

AMERICANS AND THE HOLOCAUST366

THE DILEMMA OF "QuAraNTIninG" JAPAN (1957' 1959)369

CREATING THE GHOST OF MUNICH (1957--1959)370

AMERICA'S PHONY WAR OF 1959-1941375

THE REAL WAR (1941)376

THE DAWN OF THE AMERICAN CENTURY380

PEARL HARBOR AND A "FEELING... OF RELIEF382

THE LESSONS OF THE 1930385

NOTES386

FOR FURTHER READING390

15World War II: The Rise and Fall of the Grand Alliance (1941-1945)392

THE WASHINGTON CONFERENCE: LAYING FOUNDATIONS IN THE GLOOM (1941-1942)392

AT WASHINGTON AND CASABLANCA: PREVIEWING THE COLD,WAR (1942-1945)596

TEHRAN: THE MOMENTS OF TRUTH (1945)401

To YALTA: BY WAY OF OMAHA BEACH (1944)406

To YALTA: BY WAY Or BRETTON WOODS AND QUEBEC (1944)410

To YALTA, WITH A DETOUR AT Moscow412

To YALTA: FDR's ROCKY ROAD414

YALTA...416

. . AND AFTER421

HARRY TRUMAN AT POTSDAM422

A DIFFERENT WORLD: THE ATOMIC BOMB AND JAPAN'S SURRENDER425

CONCLUSION428

NOTES429

FOR FURTHER READING452

14The Cold War, or the Renewal of U.S.-Russian Rivalry(1945-1949)434

TRUMAN AND A NEW WORLD454

THE VICTOR IN A HOSTILE WORLD: EUROPE435

THE VICTOR IN A HOSTILE WORLD: ASIA439

DEAN ACHESON's AMERICAN CENTURY441

THE AWFUL YEAR OF 1946: EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST444

THE AWFUL YEAR OF 1946: ATOMIC ENERGY AND HENRY WALLACE446

CREATING THE POSTWAR WORLD: KENNAN AND THE LONG TELEGRAM449

CREATING THE PosTwAR WORLD: THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE452

CREATING THE POSTWAR WORLD: Tm: MARSHALL PLAN455

CREATING THE POSTWAR WORLD: LIPPMANN'S LAMENTS, TRUMAN'S TRIUMPHS458

CREATING THE POSTWAR WORLD: ALLIANCES WITH LATIN AMERICA463

CREATING THE POSTWAR WORLD: NATO466

WINNING THE COLD WAR469

NOTES470

FOR FURTHER READING474

15 The Big Turn: The Era of the Korean War (1949-1952)477

Two SHOCKS AND A NEW WORLD477

NSC-68: WHY AND How THE U.S. WILL FIGHT THE COLD WAR479

THE DECISION TO BUILD THE "SUPER": ATOMIC POLICY (1945-1952)482

McCARTHY, ACHESON, AND THE CALL TO ACTION485

KOREA: THE UNEXPECTED WAR486

THE BIG TURN OF 1949-1950: PRESIDENTIAL POWER AND THE UN489

THE BIG TURN OF 1949--1950: REMARRYING CHIANG ON TAIWAN491

THE BIG TURN oF 1949-1950: JAPAN492

THE BIG TURN OF 1949--1950: INDOCHINA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA495

THE BiG TURN OF 1949--1950: REARMING WEST GERMANY495

THE BIG TURN OF 1949--1950: ROLLBACK AND THE START OF A TWENTY-YEAR U.S.-CHINA CONFLICT496

McCARTHY AND MACARTHUR500

CONCLUSION: THE BIG TURNOF 1949--1951505

NOTES504

FOR FURTHER READING507

16 The Era of Eisenhower: The Good Old Days (1955-1960)509

EISENHOWER AND DULLES: AT HOME509

EISENHOWER AND DULLES ABROAD: CAPITALISM AND NUCLEAR WARS515

EISENHOWER AND DULLES ABROAD: REVOLUTIONS AND THE CIA517

"You BOYS MUST BE CRAZY": EISENHOWER AND INDOCHINA (1955--1954)520

PICKING UP THE PIECES IN AsIA (1954-1961)525

THE "AGONIZING REAPPRAISAL": EISENHOWER,DULLES, AND EUROPE526

A TURN: SuEz AND HUNGARY, 1956528

EUROPE Is EUROPEANIZED AS THE U.S. ECONOMY IS LESS U.S. (1957-1960)552

EISENHOWER, HIS DOCTRINE, AND CRISIS(1957--1960)555

CASTRO AND THE THREAT TO THE MONROE DOCTRINE (1957-1960)558

SPUTNIK VERSUS U-2: THE U.S -SOVIET RIVALRY (1957-1960)541

THE EISENHOWER ERA AS FANTASY AND FACT545

NOTES545

FOR FURTHER READING548

17 JFK and LBJ: From the New Frontier through the Great Society to Vietnam (1961-1969)551

KENNEDY551

A CITY ON THE HILL ON THE NEW FRONTIER552

THE CONSENSUS PRESIDENCY553

THE CONSENSUS ECONOMY555

THE CHALLENGE: LATIN AMERICA ANn THE ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS556

THE CHALLENGE: THE BAY OF PIGS559

THE CHALLENGE: VIETNAM (1961-1965)561

SUPERPOWERS: FROM VIENNA AND TANGS IN JULY565

.. To THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS (I962)566

THE FALLOUT FROM THE MISSILE CRISIS570

LBJ: AT HOME AND THE GULF OF TONKINI572

LBJ AND LATIN AMERICA: THE JOHNSON DOCTRINE IN ACTION574

LBJ AND VIETNAM: THAT "BITCH OF A WAR"577

LBJ AND VIETNAM: THE MISCALCULATIONS580

LBJ AND VIETNAM: AT HOME581

OTHER COSTS OF VIETNAM' U.'S. RELATIONS WITH AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, AND THE SOVIET UNION586

JFK, LBJ, BONNIE AND CLYDE589

NOTES592

FOR FURTHER READING596

18 Coming to Terms with History: The Nixon-Kissinger Years (1969-1976)599

OF OUTHOUSES AND COWBOYS599

. . . AND WOODROW WILSON A.ND ELEPHANTS601

VIETNAM AND rim NlXON DOCTRINE (1969--1972)605

CAMBODIA, LAOS, AND KENT STATE606

THE GREAT TURNAROUND: THE DRAFT PROVIDES POLITICAL ROOM609

THE GREAT TURNAROUNO: THE ECONOMY610

THE GREAT TURNAROUND: CHINA615

THE GREAT TURNAROUND: THE SOVIETS AND VIETNAM615

DIETENTE'S TURNAROUND: CHILE619

DETENTE'S TURNAROUND: THE MIDDLE EAST621

DIETENTE'S TURNAROUND: THE ARAS OIL EMBARGO624

DIETENTE'S TURNAROUND: THE ALLIES AND A BAD "YEAR'OF EUROPE"626

DIETENTE'S TURNAROUND: AFRICA628

DIETENTE'S TURNAROUND: THE LAST DAYS OF THE VIETNAM WAR AND NIXON'S IMPERIAL PRESIDENCY650

DETENTE'S TURNAROUND: THE FORD PRESIDENCY ( 1974-- 1977)655

ADJUSTING TO A NEW WORLD658

NOTES659

FOR FURTHER READING642

19 Back to the Furore: The Carter-Reagan Years(1977-1988)645

JIMMY CARTER: THE SEARCH FOR A FOREIGN-POLICY CONSENSUS645

JIMMY CARTER: THE SEARCH FOR A FOREIGN POLICY647

A VICTORY: THE PANAMA CANAL TREATIES652

A VICTORY: THE CAMP DAVID ACCORDS653

DEFEAT: CARTER, AFRICA, AND ANDREW YOUNG655

DEFEAT: SOMOZA FALLS, SANmNISTAS RISE, SALVADORANS KILL657

DEFEAT: CARTER, THE SHAH, AND THE AYATOLLAH659

DEFEAT: CARTER, SALT II, AND AFGHANISTAN662

THE CARTER RESPONSE AND DEFEAT (1980)665

REAGAN666

THE REAGAN FOREIGN-POLICY STRUCTURE: FOUR CORNERSTONES668

SHIFTING SANDS: THE ECONOMY675

THE SUPERSTRUCTURE: THE REAGAN DOCTRINE (OR WILSONIANISM UPDATED)677

THE REAGAN DOCTRINE, LATIN AMERICA, AND THE TICKING TIME BOMB681

THE REAGAN DOCTRINE,THE MIDDLEEAST, AND THE IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR687

REAGAN,THE SOULIESS EMPIRE, AND THE TREATY695

THE AMERICAN AGE697

NOTES700

FOR FURTHER READING704

U.S. Presidents and Secretaries of State707

General Bibliography711

Acknowledgments719

Photo Credits721

Index725