Two Centuries of U.S. Foreign Policy: The Documentary Record

by Stephen Valone

Overview

Valone has selected 71 documents that have either defined America's place in the world or reflected a significant episode in the history of U.S. foreign affairs. Each selection is prefaced by brief introductory remarks, that place the document in context, and is followed by a short list of suggested readings for those interested in pursuing the topic further. Designed primarily to supplement a one-semester introductory level course covering U.S. diplomatic history from its origins to the present, this collection can, because of the large number of 20th century documents, also be used in a variety of upper-level undergraduate courses in U.S. history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275953249
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/20/1995
Series:	Culture; 47
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

STEPHEN J. VALONE is Associate Professor of History at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York. He is the author of A Policy Calculated to Benefit China: The United States and the China Arms Embargo, 1919-1929 (Greenwood, 1991).

Table of Contents

Introduction
Treaty of Alliance with France
George Washington's Neutrality Proclamation
George Washington's Farewell Address
Thomas Jefferson's Inaugural Address
The Louisiana Purchase
James Madison's War Message to Congress
The Monroe Doctrine
Indian Removal
The Democratic Party Platform of 1844
Manifest Destiny
Abraham Lincoln's Blockade Proclamation
Suspension of the Monroe Doctrine
Reassertion of the Monroe Doctrine
The Influence of Seapower on History
McKinley's War Message to Congress
The Teller Amendment and Cuban Resolutions
McKinley Takes the Philippines
The Platt Amendment
The Open Door Notes
The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
Woodrow Wilson and Latin America
Wilson Renounces Dollar Diplomacy
Wilson and U.S. Neutrality
Wilson's War Message
The Lansing-Ishii Agreement
The Fourteen Points
The Covenant of the League of Nations
Normalcy
The Washington Conference Treaties
The Kellogg-Briand Pact
The Stimson Doctrine
The Good Neighbor Policy
The Neutrality Acts
The Ludlow Amendment
Roosevelt's "Quarantine" Speech
Roosevelt and U.S. Neutrality
Roosevelt's Fireside Chat on National Security
The Lend-Lease Act
The Atlantic Charter
Roosevelt's Request for a Declaration of War against Japan
Declaration of Four Nations on General Security
The Yalta Agreements
The Potsdam Agreements
The Long Telegram
The Truman Doctrine
The Marshall Plan
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
The China White Paper
NSC-68
The Korean War
Eisenhower and Guatemala
The Domino Theory
The Eisenhower Doctrine
The Bay of Pigs
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Clark Clifford and the Reappraisal of U.S. Policy toward the War in Vietnam
Lyndon Johnson's Post-Tet Address to the Nation
Linkage
The Nixon Doctrine
The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
Carter's Human Rights Foreign Policy
The Panama Canal Treaty
The Carter Doctrine
Reagan and the Soviet Union
Reagan and the Evil Empire
The Reagan Doctrine
The Intermediate Nuclear Force Treaty
The Shattering of the Eastern Bloc
The New World Order
The End of the Cold War
Index

Editorial Reviews

A collection of primary source documents spanning from the late 18th century to the present and designed for an introductory level college course in foreign policy. Documents were chosen on the basis of significance to US foreign affairs and significance in defining America's place in the world. A brief introduction places each document in context and a list of further reading is included. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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