The History of American Foreign Policy: v.1: To 1920 by Combs, Jerald A.

The History of American Foreign Policy: V.1: To 1920 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780765620545)

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The History of American Foreign Policy: v.1: To 1920 by Combs, Jerald A.

The History of American Foreign Policy: V.1: To 1920

$62.95
The History of American Foreign Policy: v.1: To 1920 by Combs, Jerald A.

The History of American Foreign Policy: V.1: To 1920

$62.95
Format: Paperback
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Now thoroughly updated, this respected text provides a clear, concise, and affordable narrative and analytical history of American foreign policy from the revolutionary period to the present. This edition includes an all-new chapter on the George W. Bush presidency, 9/11, and the war in Iraq. The historiographical essays at the end of each chapter have been revised to reflect the most recent scholarship."The History of American Foreign Policy" chronicles events and policies with emphasis on the international setting and constraints within which American policy-makers had to operate; the domestic pressures on those policy-makers; and the ideologies, preferences, and personal idiosyncrasies of the leaders themselves. The new edition also provides expanded coverage of the role of cultural and intellectuual factors in setting up the problems faced by U.S. policy-makers, as well as new materials on globalization and the War on Terror.

Author: Jerald A. Combs
ISBN-10: 0765620545
ISBN-13: 9780765620545
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 06/15/2008
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.89h x 7.01w x 0.53d

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Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2008 pg. 57
By Jerald A. Combs
By Jerald A. Combs
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Jerald A. Combs (PhD, UCLA 1964) is professor of history emeritus at San Francisco State University, where he retired after serving nine years as chair of the History Department and two years as dean of undergraduate studies. He is the author of The Jay Treaty: Political Battleground of the Founding Fathers (1970) and American Diplomatic History: Two Centuries of Changing Interpretations (1983). His latest publication is "A Missed Chance for Peace? Opportunities for D騁ente in Europe," in The Cold War After Stalin's Death: A Missed Opportunity for Peace? edited by Klaus Larres and Kenneth Osgood (2006).

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