Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace – serie
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Truman, Congress, and Korea
The Politics of America's First Undeclared War
Inbunden, 2016
608 kr
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Three days after North Korean premier Kim Il Sung launched a massive military invasion of South Korea on June 24, 1950, President Harry S. Truman responded, dispatching air and naval support to South Korea. Initially, Congress cheered his swift action; but, when China entered the war to aid North …
Reagan and the World
Leadership and National Security, 1981--1989
Av Jack Matlock, Bradley Lynn Coleman m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
608 kr
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Throughout his presidency, Ronald Reagan sought "peace through strength" during an era of historic change. In the decades since, pundits and scholars have argued over the president's legacy: some consider Reagan a charismatic and consummate leader who renewed American strength and defeated …
So Much to Lose
John F. Kennedy and American Policy in Laos
Inbunden, 2014
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Before U.S. combat units were deployed to Vietnam, presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy strove to defeat a communist-led insurgency in Laos. This impoverished, landlocked Southeast Asian kingdom was geopolitically significant because it bordered more powerful communist and anticommunist nations. The …
Grounded
The Case for Abolishing the United States Air Force
Inbunden, 2014
448 kr
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The United States needs airpower, but does it need an air force? In Grounded, Robert M. Farley persuasively argues that America should end the independence of the United States Air Force (USAF) and divide its assets and missions between the United States Army and the United States Navy. In the wake …
Nothing Less Than War
A New History of America's Entry into World War I
Häftad, 2014
608 kr
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When war broke out in Europe in 1914, political leaders in the United States were swayed by popular opinion to remain neutral; yet less than three years later, the nation declared war on Germany. In Nothing Less Than War: A New History of America's Entry into World War I, Justus D. Doenecke …
Diplomatic Games
Sport, Statecraft, and International Relations since 1945
Av Heather L Dichter, Andrew L Johns
Inbunden, 2014
1154 kr
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International sporting events, including the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup, have experienced profound growth in popularity and significance since the mid-twentieth century. Sports often facilitate diplomacy, revealing common interests across borders and uniting groups of people who are …
Lincoln Gordon
Architect of Cold War Foreign Policy
Inbunden, 2015
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After World War II, American statesman and scholar Lincoln Gordon emerged as one of the key players in the reconstruction of Europe. During his long career, Gordon worked as an aide to National Security Adviser Averill Harriman in President Truman's administration; for President John F. Kennedy as …
Conversion of Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg
From Isolation to International Engagement
Inbunden, 2015
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The United States has looked inward throughout most of its history, preferring to avoid "foreign entanglements," as George Washington famously advised. After World War II, however, Americans became more inclined to break with the past and take a prominent place on the world stage. Much has been …
Obama at War
Congress and the Imperial Presidency
Inbunden, 2015
533 kr
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During President Barack Obama's first term in office, the United States expanded its military presence in Afghanistan and increased drone missile strikes across Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia. The administration also deployed the military to combat piracy in the Indian Ocean, engaged in a sustained …
American South and the Vietnam War
Belligerence, Protest, and Agony in Dixie
Av Joseph A Fry
Inbunden, 2015
683 kr
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To fully comprehend the Vietnam War, it is essential to understand the central role that southerners played in the nation's commitment to the war, in the conflict's duration, and in the fighting itself. President Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas and Secretary of State Dean Rusk of Georgia oversaw the …
Grounded
The Case for Abolishing the United States Air Force
Häftad, 2015
444 kr
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The United States needs airpower, but does it need an air force? In Grounded, Robert M. Farley persuasively argues that America should end the independence of the United States Air Force (USAF) and divide its assets and missions between the United States Army and the United States Navy. In the wake …
Aid Under Fire
Nation Building and the Vietnam War
Inbunden, 2016
683 kr
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In the aftermath of World War II, as longstanding empires collapsed and former colonies struggled for independence, the United States employed new diplomatic tools to counter unprecedented challenges to its interests across the globe. Among the most important new foreign policy strategies was …
American Justice in Taiwan
The 1957 Riots and Cold War Foreign Policy
Inbunden, 2016
683 kr
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On May 23, 1957, US Army Sergeant Robert Reynolds was acquitted of murdering Chinese officer Liu Ziran in Taiwan. Reynolds did not deny shooting Liu but claimed self-defense and, like all members of US military assistance and advisory groups, was protected under diplomatic immunity. Reynolds's …
Enemies to Allies
Cold War Germany and American Memory
Inbunden, 2016
758 kr
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At the close of World War II, the United States went from being allied with the Soviet Union against Germany to alignment with the Germans against the Soviet Union -- almost overnight. While many Americans came to perceive the German people as democrats standing firm with their Western allies on …
Eisenhower and Cambodia
Diplomacy, Covert Action, and the Origins of the Second Indochina War
Inbunden, 2016
683 kr
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Although most Americans paid little attention to Cambodia during Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency, the nation's proximity to China and the global ideological struggle with the Soviet Union guaranteed US vigilance throughout Southeast Asia. Cambodia's leader, Norodom Sihanouk, refused to take sides …
Nixon's Back Channel to Moscow
Confidential Diplomacy and Détente
Av Richard A Moss, James Stavridis
Inbunden, 2017
683 kr
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Most Americans consider détente -- the reduction of tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union -- to be among the Nixon administration's most significant foreign policy successes. The diplomatic back channel that national security advisor Henry Kissinger established with Soviet …
Foreign Policy at the Periphery
The Shifting Margins of US International Relations since World War II
Inbunden, 2017
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As American interests assumed global proportions after 1945, policy makers were faced with the challenge of prioritizing various regions and determining the extent to which the United States was prepared to defend and support them. Superpowers and developing nations soon became inextricably linked …
US Presidential Elections and Foreign Policy
Candidates, Campaigns, and Global Politics from FDR to Bill Clinton
Av Andrew Johnstone, Andrew Priest
Inbunden, 2017
663 kr
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While domestic issues loom large in voters' minds during American presidential elections, matters of foreign policy have consistently shaped candidates and their campaigns. From the start of World War II through the collapse of the Soviet Union, presidential hopefuls needed to be perceived as …
Peacemakers
American Leadership and the End of Genocide in the Balkans
Inbunden, 2018
532 kr
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The wars that accompanied the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s were the deadliest European conflicts since World War II. The violence escalated to the point of genocide when, over the course of ten days in July 1995, Serbian troops under the command of General Ratko Mladic murdered 8,000 unarmed …
Thomas C. Mann
President Johnson, the Cold War, and the Restructuring of Latin American Foreign Policy
Inbunden, 2018
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Lyndon Johnson was often blamed for abandoning Kennedy's vision of development and progress in Latin America in favor of his own domestic concerns: anti-communism and economic stability. Johnson, along with his fellow Texan and chief adviser on inter-American affairs Thomas C. Mann, nonetheless …
Myth of Triumphalism
Rethinking President Reagan's Cold War Legacy
Inbunden, 2019
608 kr
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Did President Reagan's hawkish policies destroy the Soviet Union and enable the United States to win the Cold War? Many Americans believe this to be the case. In this view -- known as "triumphalism" -- Reagan's denunciations of the "evil empire" and his military buildup compelled Moscow to admit …
America's Israel
The US Congress and American-Israeli Relations, 1967--1975
Inbunden, 2020
736 kr
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One of the defining features of United States foreign policy since World War II has been the nation's special relationship with Israel. This informal alliance, rooted in shared values and culture, grew out of a moral obligation to promote Israel's survival in the aftermath of the Holocaust as US …
Soccer Diplomacy
International Relations and Football since 1914
Inbunden, 2020
663 kr
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Although the game is known by many names around the world - football, fútbol, Fußball, voetbal - soccer is a universal language. Throughout the past century, governments have used soccer to further their diplomatic aims through a range of actions including boycotts, carefully orchestrated displays …
Turkish Arms Embargo
Drugs, Ethnic Lobbies, and US Domestic Politics
Inbunden, 2020
356 kr
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In August 1974, while Richard Nixon resigned and Gerald Ford began a prolonged battle with Congress over executive power, a crisis was occurring in Cyprus. Desperate to shore up its declining popularity with a foreign policy triumph, the military government of Greece tried to overthrow the …
Diplomatic Games
Sport, Statecraft, and International Relations since 1945
Av Heather L Dichter, Andrew L Johns
Häftad, 2020
570 kr
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International sporting events, including the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup, have experienced profound growth in popularity and significance since the mid-twentieth century. Sports often facilitate diplomacy, revealing common interests across borders and uniting groups of people who are …
