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Rise to globalism : American foreign policy since 1938

Title
Rise to globalism : American foreign policy since 1938 / Stephen E. Ambrose.
Author
Ambrose, Stephen E.
Publication
Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England ; New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1983.

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Description
448 pages : illustrations; 18 cm.
Summary
Updated to include the first years of the Ronald Reagan administration.
Series Statement
Pelican books
Uniform Title
Pelican books.
Subject
  • 1933-1989
  • Diplomatic relations
  • Außenpolitik
  • Buitenlandse politiek
  • Geschichte (1938-1980)
  • United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989
  • United States > Foreign relations > 1933-1945
  • United States
  • USA
  • USA
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [418]-424.
Contents
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 and Suez to Cuba -- Kennedy -- Vietnam : paying the cost of containment -- Nixon and the debacle in Vietnam -- America in the Middle East, 1945-1980 -- America and Africa, 1945-1980 -- Carter and Reagan.
ISBN
  • 0140212477
  • 9780140212471
LCCN
83175022
OCLC
  • ocm09945277
  • 9945277
  • SCSB-14164711
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library