ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |25 pages
Post-Civil War American Expansion at Home and Abroad
part |27 pages
The Spanish–American War and U.S. Overseas Expansion
part |36 pages
The First World War and its Aftermath
part |26 pages
America Between the World Wars
part |42 pages
America and the Second World War
part |40 pages
The United States and the Early Cold War
part |26 pages
The Korean War and its Aftermath
part |35 pages
The Vietnam War
part |36 pages
U.S. Clandestine Operations and the Cold War on the Periphery
chapter |8 pages
U.S. Troops as an Instrument in Foreign Policy
part |37 pages
America and Post Cold War Interventions
part |30 pages
September 11, 2001 and its Aftermath