Major crises in contemporary American foreign policy : a documentary history
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Major crises in contemporary American foreign policy : a documentary history
（Primary documents in American history and contemporary issues series）
Greenwood Press, 1997
Available at 24 libraries
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Includes bibliographies and index
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Description
From the Cold War to the Persian Gulf War, the high drama of America's contemporary foreign policy crises comes to life in this collection of primary documents designed for use by high school and college students. The comprehensive work dramatizes, through memoirs and diaries of the major players as well as key public documents, eight major crises: The Origins of the Cold War, the Berlin Blockade of 1948-49, the Korean War, the Berlin Crises of 1958 and 1961, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, the Iranian Hostage Crisis of 1979-80, and the 1991 Persian Gulf War with Iraq. The selection of documents for each crisis dramatizes the tension between the opposing nations and illuminates the process of decision-making by U.S. policymakers. Meticulously culled from a wide variety of sources and voices, many of the 382 documents are available in no other resource.
Following a general introduction on contemporary American foreign relations, each crisis begins with a narrative introduction and chronology of events. The story of each crisis unfolds through chronologically organized documents, each of which is preceded by an explanatory headnote. The section on each crisis concludes with a suggested reading list. Among the variety of voices heard are memoirs and official statements of every president from Truman to Bush, and memoirs, diaries, and reminiscences of key players including General Douglas MacArthur, Dean Acheson, Robert Kennedy, Henry Kissinger, Nikita Krushchev, Andrei Gromyko, the Shah of Iran, and Generals Norman Schwarzkopf and Colin Powell. The variety of documents includes government reports and policy statements, private correspondence and memos, laws, speeches, position statements of interest groups, treaties and agreements, CIA directives, and interviews with key players. This basic research tool provides students with a rich panoply of voices, viewpoints, and key public documents that illuminate a crucial period in American and world history.
Table of Contents
Introduction Soviet-American Relations and the Origins of the Cold War, 1945-1947 The Berlin Blockade and Airlift, 1948-1949 The Korean War, 1950-1953 The Berlin Crises of 1958-1959 and 1961 The Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962 The War in Vietnam, 1954-1975 The Iranian Revolution and Hostage Crisis, 1978-1981 The Persian Gulf War with Iraq, 1990-1991 Index
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