Major Problems in American Foreign Relations: To 1920 v. 1 (Major Problems in American History) - Softcover

Merrill, Dennis; Paterson, Thomas G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0618370382 ISBN 13: 9780618370382

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 2005

Synopsis

Designed to encourage critical thinking about history, this reader uses a carefully selected group of primary sources and analytical essays to allow students to test the interpretations of distinguished historians and draw their own conclusions about the history of American foreign policy. This text serves as an effective educational tool for courses on U.S. foreign policy, recent U.S. history, or 20th Century U.S. history.The Sixth Edition incorporates coverage of the post-Cold War era as well as new material that examines the role of gender, race, and national identity in American foreign policy.

About this title

About the Author:

Dennis Merrill, a professor of history and department chair at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, received his Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut. He is the author of Bread and the Ballot: The United States and India's Economic Development, 1947-1963. The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations honored him with a Stuart L. Bernath Article Prize, and he has received two Fulbright awards to India. His current research interests focus on U.S.-Third World relations during the Cold War and the history of international tourism.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0618370382
• ISBN 13: 9780618370382
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 480