America in the world a history in documents from the War with Spain to the War on Terror /
"How should America wield its enormous power beyond its borders? Should it adhere to grand principles or act on narrow self-interest? Should it partner with other nations or avoid entangling alliances? Americans have been grappling with questions like these throughout the nation's history,...
| Other Authors: | Engel, Jeffrey A., Lawrence, Mark Atwood., Preston, Andrew, 1973-, Ebooks Corporation. |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
[2014]
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (viii, 407 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series: |
America in the world.
Ebook Library (EBL) |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: the long American century
- 1. Motives of expansion
- 2. Imperial America: war with Spain and the Philippines
- 3. Varieties of empire
- 4. The rise and fall of Wilsonianism
- 5. Isolation and intervention
- 6. World War II
- 7. The beginning of the Cold War
- 8. The Korean War and the Cold War of the 1950s
- 9. The nationalist challenge
- 10. Years of crisis
- 11. The Vietnam War
- 12. The era of détente
- 13. Escalating and ending the Cold War
- 14. Globalization after the Cold War
- 15. The age of terror.