A history of the American people

Graebner, Norman A.

McGraw=Hill

PB. Seee my photos. Title: A History of the American Peope Second Edition, Volume 1. Author/Contributors: Norman A. Graebner,University of Virginia, Gilbert C. Fite Eatern Illinois University and Philip L. White, University of Texas,. Publisher: McGraw Hill Book Company. Cpyrt.975. ISBN# 0070238855. Pages 446 plus Appendix and Index pages. 9.1 by 7.5 by 1 inches.

A History of the American People

History

Americas

McGraw-Hill Companies

Reagan, Bush, Gorbachev: Revisiting the End of the Cold War (Praeger Security International)

Siracusa, Joseph M.

Burns, Richard Dean

Praeger

This work is a contemporary chronicle of the Cold War and offers an analysis of policy and rhetoric of the United States and Soviet Union during the 1980s. The authors examine the assumptions that drove political decisions and the rhetoric that defined the relationship as the Soviet Union began to implode.
This work demonstrates that while the subsequent unraveling of the Soviet empire was an unintended side effect of Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms, termination of the Cold War was not. Ronald Reagan deserves full credit for recognizing Gorbachev's sincerity and his determination to change the direction of Soviet policies. For this, Reagan felt the full wrath of anticommunist hawks for doing business with a communist leader. But it was Gorbachev who concluded the superpowers had become mesmerized by ideological myths which ruled out any meaningful discussions of a possible accommodation of political issues for more than four decades. The evidence is compelling that Gorbachev himself broke the Cold War's ideological straight jacket that had paralyzed Moscow and Washington's ability to resolve their differences. Though politically weakened, Gorbachev conceded nothing to U.S. military superiority. Never did he negotiate from a position of weakness. In doing so, the last Soviet leader faced even greater political and physical risk. Without Gorbachev the end of the Cold War could have played out very differently and perhaps with great danger.

Three distinguished diplomatic historians offer an assessment of the Cold War in the realist tradition that focuses on balancing the objectives of foreign policy with the means of accomplishing them.
America and the Cold War, 1941–1991: A Realist Interpretation is a sweeping historical account that focuses on the policy differences at the center of this conflict. In its pages, three preeminent authors offer an examination of contemporary criticism of the Cold War, documenting the views of observers who appreciated that many policies of the period were not only dangerous, but could not resolve the problems they contemplated. 
The study offers a comprehensive chronicle of U.S.-Soviet relations, broadly conceived, from World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union. It places the origins of the Cold War as related to the contentious issues of World War II and stresses the failure of Washington to understand or seriously seek settlement of those issues. It points out how nuclear weaponry gradually assumed political stature and came to dominate high-level, Soviet-American diplomatic activity, at the same time discounting the notion that the Cold War was a global ideological confrontation for the future of civilization. A concluding chapter draws lessons from the Cold War decades, showing how they apply to dealing with nation-states and terrorist groups today.
 • A bibliography 
• A chronology 
• Photos and illustrations

America and the Cold War, 1941–1991: A Realist Interpretation [2 volumes] (Praeger Security International)

This concise diplomatic history of the Confederation era is the first new work on the topic in a generation. In its pages, three distinguished diplomatic historians offer a realist interpretation of the way in which the Founding Fathers conducted foreign affairs, refreshing our collective memory about their priorities and their values.
 • Two maps relative to the Confederation period
• A bibliography

Foreign Affairs and the Founding Fathers: From Confederation to Constitution, 1776–1787

America as a World Power: A Realist Appraisal from Wilson to Reagan: Essays

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America As a World Power: A Realist Appraisal from Wilson to Reagan

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Foundations of American Foreign Policy: A Realistic Appraisal from Franklin to McKinley

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