Screen LibraryRise to globalism：American foreign policy since 1938
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Penguin Books,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | 1997. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 8th rev. ed. |
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| Carrier Form: | xiv, 464 p.: maps ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0140268316 9780140268317 |
| Index Number: | D871 |
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D871.20 D871.29 D871.20-9 |
| Call Number: | D871.20/A496/8th.rev.ed. |
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Exchange. Includes bibliographical references (p. [429]-443) and index. The twisting path to war -- The war in Europe -- The war in Asia -- The beginnings of the Cold War -- The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan -- Containment tested -- Korea -- Eisenhower, Dulles, and the irreconcilable conflict -- From Hungary to Suez to Cuba -- Kennedy and the new frontiers -- Vietnam : paying the cost of containment -- Nixon, detente, and the debacle in Vietnam -- America in the Middle East and Africa -- Carter and human rights -- Reagan and the evil empire -- The end of the Cold War -- Bush and the Gulf War -- Clinton and democratic enlargement. Incorporating the most recent scholarship, this eighth revised edition of "Rise to Globalism" now in paperback offers a concise and informative overview of the evolution of American foreign policy from 1938 to the present. Ambrose also wrote bestsellers "Undaunted Courage" and "D-Day." |