American foreign policy since World War II /

Hook, Steven W., 1959-

American foreign policy since World War II / Steven W. Hook, John Spanier. - 18th ed. - Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, c2010. - xxiii, 431 p. : ill, maps ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The American approach to foreign policy -- From world war to cold war -- Containment : from theory to practice -- North-South tensions and Vietnam War -- Dâetente and world-order politics -- The revival of superpower confrontation -- The end of the cold war -- America's 'unipolar moment' -- Old tensions in a new order -- The shifting European landscape -- America under fire -- Hot wars in Afghanistan and Iraq -- A world of trouble -- America's reckoning.

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United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
United States--Foreign relations--1989-

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