American Foreign Policy since World War II has long set the standard in guiding students through the complexities of the field. This twenty-first edition features three new chapters that examine the aftershocks of the Arab Spring and the revival of power politics and discuss the implications of a changing American policy under the Trump presidency. Providing the historical context students need, this book helps them to grasp the functions and frequent dysfunctions of the nation’s foreign policy agenda with historical insight into modern policy context.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 The American Approach to Foreign Policy
PART Ⅰ THE COLD WAR
Chapter 2 From World War to Cold War
Chapter 3 Containment: From Theory to Practice
Chapter 4 North-South Tensions and the vienam War
Chapter 5 Detente and World-Order Politics
Chapter 6 Breakthroughs in the Superpower Struggle
Chapter 7 The End of the Cold War
PART Ⅱ THE NEW WORLD "DISORDER"
Chapter 8 Old Tensions in a New Order
Chapter 9 The shifting European Landscape
Chapter 10 America under Fire
Chapter 11 Hot Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
Chapter 12 Aftershocks of the Arab Spring
Chapter 13 The End of the American Century?
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E
Index
About the Authors
