Major Problems in American Foreign Relations Documents and Essays, Concise Edition

Designed to encourage critical thinking about history, this concise reader uses a carefully selected group of primary sources and analytical essays to allow students to test the interpretations of distinguished historians and to draw their own conclusions about the history of American foreign policy. The text serves as an effective educational tool for one-semester courses on U.S. foreign policy or recent U.S. history.The Concise Edition consolidates the two volumes of Major Problems in American Foreign Relations, 6/e, into a single volume. Covering the major events of American foreign relations from the Revolutionary era through September 11 and its aftermath, the chapters also address the role of gender, race, and national identity in American foreign policy.Paterson, Thomas is the author of 'Major Problems in American Foreign Relations Documents and Essays, Concise Edition', published 2005 under ISBN 9780618376391 and ISBN 0618376399.