Foreign Policy at the Periphery

The Shifting Margins of US International Relations since World War II

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Communism & Socialism, Politics, History & Theory, History, Americas, United States, 20th Century
Cover of the book Foreign Policy at the Periphery by Robert J. McMahon, David Ekbladh, Andrew Rotter, Alan McPherson, Simon Dalby, Mary Ann Heiss, Ryan Irwin, Phillip Dow, Dustin Walcher, Tanya Harmer, David Ryan, Hal Brands, Maria Ryan, The University Press of Kentucky
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Author: Robert J. McMahon, David Ekbladh, Andrew Rotter, Alan McPherson, Simon Dalby, Mary Ann Heiss, Ryan Irwin, Phillip Dow, Dustin Walcher, Tanya Harmer, David Ryan, Hal Brands, Maria Ryan ISBN: 9780813168494
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky Publication: December 7, 2016
Imprint: The University Press of Kentucky Language: English
Author: Robert J. McMahon, David Ekbladh, Andrew Rotter, Alan McPherson, Simon Dalby, Mary Ann Heiss, Ryan Irwin, Phillip Dow, Dustin Walcher, Tanya Harmer, David Ryan, Hal Brands, Maria Ryan
ISBN: 9780813168494
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
Publication: December 7, 2016
Imprint: The University Press of Kentucky
Language: English

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 and decolonizing states such as Vietnam, India, and Egypt assumed a central role in the ideological struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. As the twentieth century came to an end, many of the challenges of the Cold War became even more complex as the Soviet Union collapsed and new threats arose.

Featuring original essays by leading scholars, Foreign Policy at the Periphery examines relationships among new nations and the United States from the end of the Second World War through the global war on terror. Rather than reassessing familiar flashpoints of US foreign policy, the contributors explore neglected but significant developments such as the efforts of evangelical missionaries in the Congo, the 1958 stabilization agreement with Argentina, Henry Kissinger's policies toward Latin America during the 1970s, and the financing of terrorism in Libya via petrodollars. Blending new, internationalist approaches to diplomatic history with newly released archival materials, Foreign Policy at the Periphery brings together diverse strands of scholarship to address compelling issues in modern world history.

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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 and decolonizing states such as Vietnam, India, and Egypt assumed a central role in the ideological struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. As the twentieth century came to an end, many of the challenges of the Cold War became even more complex as the Soviet Union collapsed and new threats arose.

Featuring original essays by leading scholars, Foreign Policy at the Periphery examines relationships among new nations and the United States from the end of the Second World War through the global war on terror. Rather than reassessing familiar flashpoints of US foreign policy, the contributors explore neglected but significant developments such as the efforts of evangelical missionaries in the Congo, the 1958 stabilization agreement with Argentina, Henry Kissinger's policies toward Latin America during the 1970s, and the financing of terrorism in Libya via petrodollars. Blending new, internationalist approaches to diplomatic history with newly released archival materials, Foreign Policy at the Periphery brings together diverse strands of scholarship to address compelling issues in modern world history.

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