American foreign policy since World War II, 17th ed.
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American foreign policy since World War II, 17th ed.
Hook, Steven W. and John Spanier.
CQ Press
2007
441 pages
$46.95
Paperback
E744
In this introductory textbook textbook Informatics A treatise on a particular subject. See Bible. , Hook (Kent State U.) and Spanier (U.
of Florida) focus on the conduct of American foreign policy, rather than
its formulation. The chronological chron·o·log·i·cal also chron·o·log·ic
adj.
1. Arranged in order of time of occurrence.
2. Relating to or in accordance with chronology. narrative runs from the adoption of
the containment doctrine in the opening years of the Cold War through
the US wars in Afghanistan The term Wars in Afghanistan may refer to: - Islamic conquest of Afghanistan (637-709)
- First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-1842)
- Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1881)
- Panjdeh Incident (1885)
- Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919)
and Iraq and confrontations of North Korean
and Iranian nuclear programs. The most significant theme running through
the discussion is the tension between American pursuit of hegemony hegemony (hĭjĕm`ənē, hē–, hĕj`əmō'nē, hĕg`ə–), [Gr.,=leadership], dominance, originally of one Greek city-state over others, the term has been extended to refer to the dominance of one and
the limitations of the international legal order, limitations the George
W. Bush regime is seeking to throw off at the possible cost of political
legitimacy.
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