ABSTRACT

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

chapter 1|17 pages

US foreign policy

Evolution, formulation and execution

chapter 2|12 pages

The US and the Cold War

Explanation and early containment, 1945–61

chapter 3|16 pages

Superpower collaboration and confrontation

US containment policy, 1961–91

chapter 4|10 pages

Economic statecraft

chapter 5|9 pages

The US and Europe, 1950–89

Beware your allies?

chapter 6|11 pages

Hegemony and the Western Hemisphere

chapter 7|15 pages

The US and Asia, 1945–89

chapter 9|20 pages

The US and the post-Cold War disorder

chapter 10|15 pages

Contemporary challenges