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Crucible of Power : A History of American Foreign Relations From 1897
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Crucible of Power : A History of American Foreign Relations From 1897 Paperback - 2008

by Jones, Howard

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  • Title Crucible of Power : A History of American Foreign Relations From 1897
  • Author Jones, Howard
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: secon
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 638
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
  • Date 2008-03-20
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 15240026-6
  • ISBN 9780742558267 / 0742558266
  • Weight 2.94 lbs (1.33 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.89 x 7.01 x 1.55 in (25.12 x 17.81 x 3.94 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 18th Century
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1919
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Foreign relations - 20th, United States - Foreign relations - 2001-2009
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007041594
  • Dewey Decimal Code 327.73

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In this updated edition of Crucible of Power, Howard Jones draws on his remarkable breadth as a historian of U.S. foreign relations to produce a distinguished survey of America's growth from an emerging power in the 1890s to its present day position of global preeminence. Comprehensive, tempered, and highly accessible, Jones demonstrates the complexities facing U.S. policy makers and the limitations on their actions. The balanced and thoughtful approach to controversial issues and situations makes this book exceptional for classroom use. This new edition includes a number of revisions and additions aimed at making the volume more attractive to students, teachers, and general readers. A new final chapter brings the story of America's foreign relations as close to the present as possible by focusing on President George W. Bush and his dealing with 9/11, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the Global War on Terrorism. Among other changes, new materials on the Bay of Pigs invasion reveal the CIA's collaboration with the Mafia in trying to assassinate Fidel Castro as the spark setting off a popular insurrection. Also new to this edition: Every chapter now has at least one excerpt from a key document of the period, thus allowing the reader to examine historical evidence firsthand in hopes of providing a feel for the period involved, promoting an understanding of history through the eyes of its participants, and showing how the historian determines the important facts relevant to reconstructing a meaningful narrative.

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  • Reference and Research Bk News, 08/01/2008, Page 77

About the author

Howard Jones is research professor in the Department of History at the University of Alabama. A recipient of both the John F. Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award for teaching and research and the Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor Award, he teaches courses in American foreign relations and the U.S.-Vietnam War.

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