American Foreign Policy

A simple question lurks amid the considerable controversy created by recent U.S. policy: what road did Americans travel to reach their current global preeminence?...

The seeds of the Cold War were sown toward the end of WWII. But as is often the case, despite their differences, America and Soviet Russia had a common enemy that brought them together - Nazi Germany. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Cold War, then pay attention....

Religious Appeals in Power Politics examines how states use, or attempt to use, confessional appeals to religious belief and conscience to advance political strategies and objectives....

Trenchant and passionate, The Deaths of Others forces listeners to consider the tragic consequences of American military action not just for Americans, but especially for those we fight....

This original analysis challenges some widely held beliefs about the determinants of United States foreign policy and will bring new insight to contemporary debates about whether the nation should-or must-play so active a part in world politics....

In The Emergency State, leading global affairs commentator David C. Unger reveals the hidden costs of America's obsessive pursuit of absolute national security.

In Don't Wait for the Next War, Wesley K. Clark, presents a compelling argument for continued American global leadership....

Amid ambivalence and uncertainty, Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, George Shultz, George H. W. Bush, and a host of other actors engaged with adversaries....

At the end of the nineteenth century, the United States emerged as an economic colossus in command of a new empire. Yet for 40 years it eschewed an aggressive grand strategy. Why....

President Eisenhower led us to victory in World War II. He then led our country as President for 8 years. He understood war and he understood how Washington worked....

Discover a new conservative foreign policy plan that will empower America to overcome the most difficult global challenges. With chaos abroad and ...

Want to understand wars in the Mid East? What strategies and tactics will win? It's all in this small dangerous book. Free preview, look inside to ...

Iran and the United States have been at odds for forty years, locked in a cold war that has run the gamut. In Republics of Myth, Hussein Banai, Malcolm Byrne, and John Tirman argue that a major contributing factor to this tenacious enmity is how each nation views itself....

Remaking the World examines the connections between the Cold War and decolonization, which helped define the post-World War II global order....

In the 25 years after 1989, the world enjoyed the deepest peace in history. In The Rise and Fall of Peace on Earth, the eminent foreign policy scholar Michael Mandelbaum examines that remarkable quarter century, describing how and why the peace was established and then fell apart....

Henry R. Luce urged the nation’s leaders to create an American Century. But in the post-World-War-II era, proponents of the American Century faced a daunting task. Walker analyzes the international crises and monetary troubles that further curtailed the reach of the American Century....

After he was injured in a fall during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Taylor came home - and discovered that the Obama administration was leaking sensitive intelligence information….

In the whirlwind of accusations and recriminations that has attended the post 9/11 world, one man's vital testimony has been conspicuously absent....