US Foreign Policy in World History [Paperback]

US Foreign Policy in World Historyis 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 ideologies and the ideas that have shaped US diplomacy.
US Foreign Policyexplores these arguments by taking a thematic approach structured around central episodes and ideas in the history of US foreign relations and policy making, including:
*The Monroe Doctrine, its philisophical goals and impact
*Imperialism and expansionism
*the Cold War
* Third World development
*the 'evil empires' of Nasser, the Sandinistas and Sadam Hussein
*the place of goal for economic integration within foreign affairs