American foreign policy since World War II /
Steven W. Hook, John Spanier.
- 17th ed.
- Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, 2007.
- xx, 441 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The American approach to foreign policy -- From world war to Cold War -- Containment : from theory to practice -- Developing countries in the crossfire -- Vietnam and the cost of containment -- Détente and world order politics -- The revival of superpower confrontation -- The end of the Cold War -- America's 'unipolar moment' -- Old tensions in a new order -- The shifting European landscape -- America under fire -- Hot wars in Afghanistan and Iraq -- A world of trouble -- Appendix A. U.S. administrations since World War II -- Appendix B. Chronology of significant events.
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