US Foreign Policy in World History

<p><em>US Foreign Policy in World History</em> is a survey of US foreign relations and its perceived crusade to spread liberty and democracy in the two hundred years since the American Revolution. David Ryan undertakes a systematic and material analysis of US foreign policy whilst also explaining the policymakers' grand ideas ideologies and constructs that have shaped US diplomacy.<br><em>US Foreign Policy</em> explores these arguments by taking a thematic approach structured around central episodes and ideas in the history of US foreign relations and policy making including:<br>* The Monroe Doctrine its philisophical goals and impact<br>* Imperialism and expansionism<br>* Decolonization and self-determination<br>* the Cold War<br>* Third World development<br>* the Soviet 'evil empire' the Sandinistas and the 'rogue' regime of Saddam Hussein<br>* the place of goal for economic integration within foreign affairs.</p>