The American Age – US Foreign Policy at Home & Abroad Since 1896: U.S. Foreign Policy at Home and Abroad Since 1896 - Softcover

Lafeber, W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393964760 ISBN 13: 9780393964769

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1995

Synopsis

In this leading text, Walter LaFeber offers a comprehensive history of American foreign relations from the mid-eighteenth century to the present. His narrative account features several major themes: the connections between U.S. foreign policy and domestic politics; the impact of American economic development on foreign policy interests; popular culture, particularly film, as a filter for public opinion on American commitments abroad; the roles of public opinion, leadership, and bureaucracy in the formation of policy.

About this title

Synopsis:

Traces the evolution of U.S. foreign policy from its roots to the present, considering the role of presidential power and surveying the world events which have shaped and continue to effect the United States' political relations.

About the Author:

Walter LaFeber is professor of history at Cornell University and the author of The Clash and Inevitable Revolutions.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0393964760
• ISBN 13: 9780393964769
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 672