Robert D. Schulzinger is Professor of History and Director of the International Affairs Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder. A former President of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, he is the editor-in-chief of the society's journal, Diplomatic History. Among his many books are A Time For War: The United Stated And Vietnam, (1997) and U.S. Diplomacy since 1900, 5th Edition (2002).

"Indispensable reading for scholars in the field as well as for graduate students preparing for general exams. Covering the entire field of U.S. foreign relations from the colonial era to the present, the essays highlight the rich variety of new approaches that have energized international history over the past three decades."—Journal of Cold War Studies"[This] work is truly a companion for professors who need quick and easily digestible information ... and for researchers and students wishing to read more widely."—History"Indispensible for anyone wishing to understand the background to recent debates over US foreign relations, with essays by leading scholars in a historical field that is among the most innovative — and perhaps, given the current condition of world affairs, the most relevant."—Walter LaFeber, Cornell University"This is an extremely valuable guide to the recent scholarly literature on the history of US foreign relations. The contributors, all respected scholars in their fields, show how history and historiography are often inextricably bound together."—Akira Iriye, Harvard University"This companion should prove an invaluable reference source for scholars and students in the field."—Journal of American Studies

• Notes on Contributors viiIntroduction xiRobert D. Schulzinger1 Ideas and Foreign Affairs 1H. W. Brands2 “As Far As We Can”: Culture and US Foreign Relations 15Susan Brewer3 International Environmental Issues 31Kurk Dorsey4 The Early National Period, 1775–1815 48Peter P. Hill5 American Expansion, 1815–1860 64William E. Weeks6 The United States and Imperialism 79Frank Ninkovich7 Relations with Africa since 1900 103Andrew DeRoche8 History as Victim: The Sorry State of the Study of US–Japanese Relations, 1900–1945 121Michael A. Barnhart9 US–Latin American Relations, 1898–1941: A Historiographical Review 134Mark T. Gilderhus10 Woodrow Wilson and World War I 149Lloyd E. Ambrosius11 Recent Explorations Concerning the Interwar Period 168Justus D. Doenecke12 World War II 188Mark A. Stoler13 The Early Cold War 215Jeremi Suri14 United States–Latin American Relations, 1942–1960 230Darlene Rivas15 From Containment to Containment? Understanding US Relations with China since 1949 255Evelyn Goh and Rosemary Foot16 The Korean War 275James I. Matray17 Foreign Relations in the 1950s 292Richard H. Immerman18 The Vietnam War 309David L. Anderson19 Beyond Vietnam: The Foreign Policies of the Kennedy–Johnson Administrations 330Randall B. Woods20 The United States and the Middle East since 1967 375Peter L. Hahn21 US Relations with Latin America, 1961 to the Present: A Historiographic Review 387Stephen G. Rabe22 Presidential Elections and the Cold War 404Melvin Small23 Détente Over Thirty Years 422Keith L. Nelson24 Nationalism and Regionalism in an Era of Globalization: US Relations with South and Southeast Asia, 1975–2000 440Robert J. McMahonConclusion: From the End of the Cold War to the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century 455Robert D. SchulzingerBibliography 461Index 543