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Foreign Policy at the Periphery: The Shifting Margins of US International Relations since World War II
Bevan Sewell
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Description for Foreign Policy at the Periphery: The Shifting Margins of US International Relations since World War II
Hardback. Examines the complex interactions between the US and new and developing nations from the end of WWII through the Cold War Editor(s): Sewell, Bevan; Ryan, Maria. Series: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy and Peace. Num Pages: 386 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 29. Weight in Grams: 686.
As American interests assumed global proportions after 1945, policy makers were faced with the challenge of prioritizing various regions and determining the extent to which the United States was prepared to defend and support them. Superpowers and developing nations soon became inextricably linked and decolonizing states such as Vietnam, India, and Egypt assumed a central role in the ideological struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. As the twentieth century came to an end, many of the challenges of the Cold War became even more complex as the Soviet Union collapsed and new threats arose. ... Read more
As American interests assumed global proportions after 1945, policy makers were faced with the challenge of prioritizing various regions and determining the extent to which the United States was prepared to defend and support them. Superpowers and developing nations soon became inextricably linked and decolonizing states such as Vietnam, India, and Egypt assumed a central role in the ideological struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. As the twentieth century came to an end, many of the challenges of the Cold War became even more complex as the Soviet Union collapsed and new threats arose. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy and Peace
Number of Pages
386
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813168470
SKU
V9780813168470
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About Bevan Sewell
Bevan Sewell, assistant professor in American history at the University of Nottingham, UK is the author of Eisenhower, Kennedy, and US Economic Policy in Latin America and coeditor of Projecting American Foreign Policy: Power and Intervention. Maria Ryan is assistant professor in American history at the University of Nottingham, UK. She is the author ... Read more
Reviews for Foreign Policy at the Periphery: The Shifting Margins of US International Relations since World War II
These essays reflect very serious scholarship, attention to all available sources, and judicious recognition and use of the key secondary sources. In short, they are models of traditional (in the best sense) historical scholarship - Lloyd C. Gardner, author of Killing Machine: The American Presidency in the Age of Drone Warfare