Paths to Power: The Historiography of American Foreign Relations to 1941

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Paths to Power includes essays on US foreign relations from the founding of the nation though the outbreak of World War II. Essays by leading historians review the literature on American diplomacy in the early Republic and in the age of Manifest Destiny, on American imperialism in the late nineteenth century and in the age of Roosevelt and Taft, on war and peace in the Wilsonian era, on foreign policy in the Republican ascendancy of the 1920s, and on the origins of World War II in Europe and the Pacific. The result is a comprehensive assessment of the current literature, helpful suggestions for further research, and a useful primer for students and scholars of American foreign relations.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Dedication
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Contents
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The Authors
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Preface & Acknowledgments
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1 - Introduction
pp 1-7
- By Michael J. Hogan, The Ohio State University
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2 - New Directions in the Study of Early American Foreign Relations
pp 8-43
- By William Earl Weeks, San Diego State University
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3 - The Great American Desert Revisited: Recent Literature and Prospects for the Study of American Foreign Relations, 1815-1861
pp 44-78
- By Kinley Brauer, professor of history at the University of Minnesota
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4 - Coming to Terms with Empire: The Historiography of Late Nineteenth-Century American Foreign Relations
pp 79-116
- By Edward P. Crapol, professor of history at the College of William and Mary
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5 - Symbiosis versus Hegemony: New Directions in the Foreign Relations Historiography of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft
pp 117-147
- By Richard H. Collin, professor emeritus of history at the University of New Orleans
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6 - The Reclamation of Woodrow Wilson?
pp 148-175
- By David Steigerwald, professor of history at The Ohio State University, Marion
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7 - Reaching for the Brass Ring: The Recent Historiography of Interwar American Foreign Relations
pp 176-223
- By Brian McKercher, professor of history and chair of War Studies at the Royal Military College of Canada
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8 - The United States and the European War, 1939-1941: A Historiographical Review
pp 224-267
- By Justus D. Doenecke, professor of history at New College of the University of South Florida
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9 - The Origins of the Second World War in Asia and the Pacific: Synthesis Impossible?
pp 268-296
- By Michael A. Barnhart, professor of history at SUNY-Stony Brook
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Index
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Dedication
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

The Authors
pp ix-x

Preface & Acknowledgments
pp xi-xii

1 - Introduction
pp 1-7

2 - New Directions in the Study of Early American Foreign Relations
pp 8-43

3 - The Great American Desert Revisited: Recent Literature and Prospects for the Study of American Foreign Relations, 1815-1861
pp 44-78

4 - Coming to Terms with Empire: The Historiography of Late Nineteenth-Century American Foreign Relations
pp 79-116

5 - Symbiosis versus Hegemony: New Directions in the Foreign Relations Historiography of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft
pp 117-147

6 - The Reclamation of Woodrow Wilson?
pp 148-175

7 - Reaching for the Brass Ring: The Recent Historiography of Interwar American Foreign Relations
pp 176-223

8 - The United States and the European War, 1939-1941: A Historiographical Review
pp 224-267

9 - The Origins of the Second World War in Asia and the Pacific: Synthesis Impossible?
pp 268-296

Index
pp 297-303

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