The Cambridge History of American Foreign Relations: Volume 3, the Globalizing of America, 1913-1945

by Akira Iriye

Book Overview

The book describes the history of the foreign relations of the United States during 1913-1945, the period of two world wars as well as of momentous changes that brought to an end the period of European domination. The United States emerged as the key global power, actively participating in wars but also promoting trade and investment activities throughout the world, as well as Americanizing other countries' ways of life and habits of thought. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521483824
• ISBN13: 9780521483827
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Good Survey of American Foreign Relations

America's shift from isolationism to internationalism can be a difficult transition to understand. The Cambridge History of American Foreign Relations provides a good foundation for developing the understanding that is necessary to see why the United States acts as it does today.While there are areas of this book that would benefit from some discussion of domestic affairs, specifically surrounding the League of Nations and a couple of other instances, the text is geared toward understanding what was going on in terms of the actions of the United States with respect to the rest of the world. However, this necessitates a paradigm that foreign relations are conducted in a vacuum with respect to domestic affairs. As a general survey of the time period, this book does a good job, but there are elements that could improve the nature of the text.