Rise to globalism: American foreign policy since 1938 (The Pelican history of the United States) - Hardcover

Stephen E Ambrose

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0713902701 ISBN 13: 9780713902709

Publisher: Allen Lane, 1971

Synopsis

This sixth edition offers an informative view of the evolution of American foreign policy from 1938 through the first two years of the Bush Presidency. Professor Stephen Ambrose's analysis begins with World War II and continues through the Eisenhower administration, Vietnam, the Iran hostage crisis, and the fall of communism in Eastern Europe. The 1987 treaty, the end of the Iran-Iraq war, and the US invasion of Panama are among the new topics discussed in this edition, which closes with the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

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Review:

An excellent survey of U.S foreign policy (Library Journal)

About the Author:

Stephen E. Ambrose is Director Emeritus of the Eisenhower Center, retired Boyd Professor of History at the University of New Orleans, and president of the National D-Day Museum. He is the author of over twenty books including the bestsellers Undaunted Courage, Citizen Soldiers, and D-Day, multiple biographies of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon, and his compilation of 1,400 oral histories from American veterans.

About this edition

• Publisher: Allen Lane
• Publication date: 1971
• ISBN 10: 0713902701
• ISBN 13: 9780713902709
• Binding: Hardcover