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The Routledge Handbook of U.S. Military and Diplomatic History provides a comprehensive analysis of the major events, conflicts, and personalities that have defined and shaped the military history of the United States in the modern period. Each chapter begins with a brief introductory essay that provides context for the topical essays that follow by providing a concise narrative of the period, highlighting some of the scholarly debates and interpretive schools of thought as well as the current state of the academic field. Starting after the Civil War, the chapters chronicle America's rise toward empire, first at home and then overseas, culminating in September 11, 2001 and the War on Terror. With authoritative and vividly written chapters by both leading scholars and new talent, maps and illustrations, and lists of further readings, this state-of-the-field handbook will be a go-to reference for every American history scholar's bookshelf.
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This volume both reviews the historiography of US foreign and military policy from the end of the Civil War to the "War on Terror." Forty chapters are presented in 11 sections. Each section opens with a historiographic summary and is then followed by a number of more focused original articles. For example, the section on the early Cold War contains chapters on the Soviet Union, the United States, and Eastern Europe; US occupation policy and nation building in Germany and Japan, and the Cold War at home, following the historiographic review. The sections proceed chronologically and include coverage of: post-Civil War American expansion at home and abroad; the Spanish-American War and US overseas expansion; the First World War and its Aftermath; America between the World Wars; America and the Second World War; the United States and the early Cold War; the Korean War and its aftermath; the Vietnam War; US clandestine operations and the Cold War on the periphery; America and post-Cold War interventions; and September 11, 2001 and its aftermath. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
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