Crucible of Power: A History of American Foreign Relations from 1897, Second Edition - Softcover

Jones, Howard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0742558266 ISBN 13: 9780742558267

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2008

Synopsis

Presents a narrative history of America's foreign affairs from 1897 onwards. This book focuses on the major personalities and events from the William McKinley administration through to President George W Bush.

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Review:

Praise for First Edition: In a volume characteristic of his broad-ranging and important scholarship on U.S. foreign relations, Professor Jones has written a comprehensive, tempered, and highly accessible narrative account of the nation's twentieth-century international involvements.--Fry, Joseph A.

Praise for First Edition: Howard Jones draws on his remarkable breadth as a historian of U.S. foreign relations to produce a distinguished survey of America's growth as an emerging power in the 1890's to its present-day position of global preeminence. His exposition is precise; his sources, exhaustive; his illustrations, revealing.--Robert H. Immerman

Praise for First Edition: Straightforward and direct, Crucible of Power provides students with an accessible means of gaining entry into the history of U.S. foreign relations.--Mark T. Gilderhus

About the Author:

Howard Jones is research professor in the Department of History at the University of Alabama. A recipient of both the John F. Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award for teaching and research and the Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor Award, he teaches courses in American foreign relations and the U.S.-Vietnam War.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0742558266
• ISBN 13: 9780742558267
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 640