The New Cambridge History of American Foreign Relations (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107005907)

Since their first publication, the four volumes of the Cambridge History of American Foreign Relations have served as the definitive source for the topic, from the colonial period to the Cold War. This entirely new first volume narrates the British North American colonists' preexisting desire for expansion, security, and prosperity, and argues that these desires are both the essence of American foreign relations and the root cause for the creation of the United States. They required the colonists to unite politically, as individual colonies could not dominate North America by themselves. Although ingrained localist sentiments persisted, a strong, durable Union was required for mutual success, thus American nationalism was founded on the idea of allegiance to the Union. Continued tension between the desire for expansion and the fragility of the Union eventually resulted in the Union's collapse and the Civil War.

Author: William Earl Weeks
ISBN-10: 1107005906
ISBN-13: 9781107005907
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/28/2013
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10d