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From colony to superpower : U.S. foreign relations since 1776, George C. Herring

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Summary
Historian Herring uses foreign relations as the lens through which to tell the story of America's rise from thirteen disparate colonies along the Atlantic coast to the world's greatest superpower. He documents America's interaction with other peoples and nations, a story of stunning successes and sometimes tragic failures, captured in a fast-paced narrative that illuminates the central importance of foreign relations to the existence and survival of the nation, and highlights its ongoing impact on the lives of ordinary citizens. He shows how policymakers defined American interests broadly to include territorial expansion, access to growing markets, and the spread of an "American way" of life, and how much America's expansion as a nation also owes to the adventurers and explorers, the merchants and captains of industry, the missionaries and diplomats, who discovered or charted new lands, developed new avenues of commerce, and established and defended the nation's interests in foreign lands.--From publisher description
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xvi, 1035 pages, [32] pages of plates
Contents
  • "To begin the world over again" : foreign policy and the birth of the republic, 1776-1778
  • "None who can make us afraid" : the new republic in a hostile world, 1789-1801
  • "Purified as by fire" : republicanism imperiled and reaffirmed, 1801-1815
  • "Leave the rest to us" : the assertive republic, 1815-1837
  • A dose of arsenic : slavery, expansionism, and the road to disunion, 1837-1861
  • "Last best hope" : the Union, the Confederacy, and Civil War diplomacy, 1861-1877
  • "A good enough England" : foreign relations in the Gilded Age, 1877-1893
  • The War of 1898, the new empire, and the dawn of the American century, 1893-1901
  • "Bursting with good intentions" : the United States in world affairs, 1901-1913
  • "A new age" : Wilson, the Great War, and the quest for a new world order, 1913-1921
  • Involvement without commitment, 1921-1931
  • The great transformation : depression, isolationism, and war, 1931-1941
  • "Five continents and seven seas" : World War II and the rise of American globalism, 1941-1945
  • "A novel burden far from our shores" : Truman, the Cold War, and the revolution in U.S. foreign policy, 1945-1953
  • Coexistence and crises, 1953-1961
  • Gulliver's troubles : Kennedy, Johnson, and the limits of power, 1961-1968
  • Nixon, Kissinger, and the end of the postwar era, 1969-1974
  • Foreign policy in an age of dissonance, 1974-1981
  • "A unique and extraordinary moment" : Gorbachev, Reagan, Bush, and the end of the Cold War, 1981-1991
  • "The strength of a giant" : America as hyperpower, 1992-2007
Isbn
9780195078220
Link
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0811/2008007996.html
Instance
Label
From colony to superpower : U.S. foreign relations since 1776
Title
From colony to superpower
Title remainder
U.S. foreign relations since 1776
Statement of responsibility
George C. Herring
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Historian Herring uses foreign relations as the lens through which to tell the story of America's rise from thirteen disparate colonies along the Atlantic coast to the world's greatest superpower. He documents America's interaction with other peoples and nations, a story of stunning successes and sometimes tragic failures, captured in a fast-paced narrative that illuminates the central importance of foreign relations to the existence and survival of the nation, and highlights its ongoing impact on the lives of ordinary citizens. He shows how policymakers defined American interests broadly to include territorial expansion, access to growing markets, and the spread of an "American way" of life, and how much America's expansion as a nation also owes to the adventurers and explorers, the merchants and captains of industry, the missionaries and diplomats, who discovered or charted new lands, developed new avenues of commerce, and established and defended the nation's interests in foreign lands.--From publisher description
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DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1936-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Herring, George C.
Dewey number
327.73
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
E183.7
LC item number
.H44 2008
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
The Oxford history of the United States
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • USA
  • United States
  • Diplomatic relations
  • United States
  • Außenpolitik
  • Auslandsbeziehungen
  • Utrikespolitik
  • Utrikespolitik
  • Utrikespolitik
  • Förenta staterna
  • Estados Unidos
Label
From colony to superpower : U.S. foreign relations since 1776, George C. Herring
Link
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0811/2008007996.html
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 965-995) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
"To begin the world over again" : foreign policy and the birth of the republic, 1776-1778 -- "None who can make us afraid" : the new republic in a hostile world, 1789-1801 -- "Purified as by fire" : republicanism imperiled and reaffirmed, 1801-1815 -- "Leave the rest to us" : the assertive republic, 1815-1837 -- A dose of arsenic : slavery, expansionism, and the road to disunion, 1837-1861 -- "Last best hope" : the Union, the Confederacy, and Civil War diplomacy, 1861-1877 -- "A good enough England" : foreign relations in the Gilded Age, 1877-1893 -- The War of 1898, the new empire, and the dawn of the American century, 1893-1901 -- "Bursting with good intentions" : the United States in world affairs, 1901-1913 -- "A new age" : Wilson, the Great War, and the quest for a new world order, 1913-1921 -- Involvement without commitment, 1921-1931 -- The great transformation : depression, isolationism, and war, 1931-1941 -- "Five continents and seven seas" : World War II and the rise of American globalism, 1941-1945 -- "A novel burden far from our shores" : Truman, the Cold War, and the revolution in U.S. foreign policy, 1945-1953 -- Coexistence and crises, 1953-1961 -- Gulliver's troubles : Kennedy, Johnson, and the limits of power, 1961-1968 -- Nixon, Kissinger, and the end of the postwar era, 1969-1974 -- Foreign policy in an age of dissonance, 1974-1981 -- "A unique and extraordinary moment" : Gorbachev, Reagan, Bush, and the end of the Cold War, 1981-1991 -- "The strength of a giant" : America as hyperpower, 1992-2007
Control code
ocn212018624
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xvi, 1035 pages, [32] pages of plates
Isbn
9780195078220
Lccn
2008007996
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
9780195078220
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o212018624
  • (OCoLC)212018624
Label
From colony to superpower : U.S. foreign relations since 1776, George C. Herring
Link
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0811/2008007996.html
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 965-995) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
"To begin the world over again" : foreign policy and the birth of the republic, 1776-1778 -- "None who can make us afraid" : the new republic in a hostile world, 1789-1801 -- "Purified as by fire" : republicanism imperiled and reaffirmed, 1801-1815 -- "Leave the rest to us" : the assertive republic, 1815-1837 -- A dose of arsenic : slavery, expansionism, and the road to disunion, 1837-1861 -- "Last best hope" : the Union, the Confederacy, and Civil War diplomacy, 1861-1877 -- "A good enough England" : foreign relations in the Gilded Age, 1877-1893 -- The War of 1898, the new empire, and the dawn of the American century, 1893-1901 -- "Bursting with good intentions" : the United States in world affairs, 1901-1913 -- "A new age" : Wilson, the Great War, and the quest for a new world order, 1913-1921 -- Involvement without commitment, 1921-1931 -- The great transformation : depression, isolationism, and war, 1931-1941 -- "Five continents and seven seas" : World War II and the rise of American globalism, 1941-1945 -- "A novel burden far from our shores" : Truman, the Cold War, and the revolution in U.S. foreign policy, 1945-1953 -- Coexistence and crises, 1953-1961 -- Gulliver's troubles : Kennedy, Johnson, and the limits of power, 1961-1968 -- Nixon, Kissinger, and the end of the postwar era, 1969-1974 -- Foreign policy in an age of dissonance, 1974-1981 -- "A unique and extraordinary moment" : Gorbachev, Reagan, Bush, and the end of the Cold War, 1981-1991 -- "The strength of a giant" : America as hyperpower, 1992-2007
Control code
ocn212018624
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xvi, 1035 pages, [32] pages of plates
Isbn
9780195078220
Lccn
2008007996
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
9780195078220
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o212018624
  • (OCoLC)212018624

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