Inhalt: | The newest volume in the prestigious Oxford History of the United States, From Colony to Superpower provides a sweeping account of United States' foreign relations and diplomacy, in a magisterial account of America's interaction with other peoples and nations of the world. Herring tells a story of stunning successes and sometimes tragic failures, captured in a fast-paced narrative that illuminates the central importance of foreign relations to the existence and survival of the nation, and highlights its ongoing impact on the lives of ordinary citizens. And Herring does all this in a story rich in human drama and filled with epic events. Intro -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Editor's Introduction -- Introduction -- 1. "To Begin the World Over Again": Foreign Policy and the Birth of the Republic, 1776-1788 -- 2. "None Who Can Make Us Afraid": The New Republic in a Hostile World, 1789-1801 -- 3. "Purified, as by Fire": Republicanism Imperiled and Reaffirmed, 1801-1815 -- 4. "Leave the Rest to Us": The Assertive Republic, 1815-1837 -- 5. A Dose of Arsenic: Slavery, Expansion, and the Road to Disunion, 1837-1861 -- 6. "Last Best Hope": The Union, the Confederacy, and Civil War Diplomacy, 1861-1877 -- 7. "A Good Enough England": Foreign Relations in the Gilded Age, 1877-1893 -- 8. The War of 1898, the New Empire, and the Dawn of the American Century, 1893-1901 -- 9. "Bursting with Good Intentions": The United States in World Affairs, 1901-1913 -- 10. "A New Age": Wilson, the Great War, and the Quest for a New World Order, 1913-1921 -- 11. Involvement Without Commitment, 1921-1931 -- 12. The Great Transformation: Depression, Isolationism, and War, 1931-1941 -- 13. "Five Continents and Seven Seas": World War II and the Rise of American Globalism, 1941-1945 -- 14. "A Novel Burden Far from Our Shores": Truman, the Cold War, and the Revolution in U.S. Foreign Policy, 1945-1953 -- 15. Coexistence and Crises, 1953-1961 -- 16. Gulliver's Troubles: Kennedy, Johnson, and the Limits of Power, 1961-1968 -- 17. Nixon, Kissinger, and the End of the Postwar Era, 1969-1974 -- 18. Foreign Policy in an Age of Dissonance, 1974-1981 -- 19. "A Unique and Extraordinary Moment": Gorbachev, Reagan, Bush, and the End of the Cold War, 1981-1991 -- 20. "The Strength of a Giant": America as Hyperpower, 1992-2007 -- Bibliographical Essay -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z. |
