{"product_id":"american-adventurism-abroad-isbn-9781405170758","title":"American Adventurism Abroad","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow in its second edition, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Adventurism Abroad\u003c\/i\u003e traces US foreign policy from the late 1940s through the past six years of America's 'war on terror,' and examines the impact of its repeated militaristic meddling into developing nations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines 34 cases of overseas US militaristic meddling, drawn from eleven presidencies and five geographic regions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides not only understanding of the overseas interventions, but also a framework with which to interpret anticipated future American adventures\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDescribes two recent dramatic non-terrorist-related interventions occurring in the Western Hemisphere—in Venezuela and Haiti and two terrorist-related interventions in Afghanistan (confirmed) and Iraq (alleged)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  List of Tables. \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to the Revised Edition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: The Early Years: Embracing a New Role, 1945–1960\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. From World War II to the Cold War: The Truman Years, 1945–52\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to the European Region.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 1: Greece, 1947–9.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 2: Italy, 1948.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 3: Philippines, 1946–53.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to the East Asian Region.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. The Expanding Empire Under Eisenhower, 1953–60\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to the Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 4: Iran, 1953.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to the Western Hemisphere.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 5: Guatemala, 1954.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 6: Lebanon, 1958.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to the Southeast Asia Sub-Region: Indochina–I.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The Extremist Years, 1961–1976\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. The Kennedy–Johnson Idealist Extensions, 1961–8.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to the African Region.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 7: Congo, 1961–5.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 8: Cuba, 1961.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 9: British Guiana, 1961–6.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndochina–II.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 10: Laos, 1961–73.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 11: South Vietnam, 1961–5.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 12: Brazil, 1964.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 13: Dominican Republic, 1961–6.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 14: Indonesia, 1965–6.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostscript: Greece, 1967–74.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. The Nixon–Ford Realist Consolidations, 1969–76\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 15: Cambodia, 1970.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 16: Kurdistan, 1971–5.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 17: Chile, 1973.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 18: Angola, 1975.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 19: Australia, 1975.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 20: East Timor, 1975.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: The Four-Year Aberration, 1977–1980\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Jimmy Carter’s Human Rights Pause, 1977–80\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Transition to the Post-Cold War Era, 1981–2001\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Ronald Reagan: The Last Cold Warrior, 1981–8.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 21: El Salvador, 1979–91.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 22: Nicaragua, 1981–8.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 23: Grenada, 1983.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 24: Libya, 1981–6.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 25: Afghanistan, 1981–8.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. The Post-Cold War Era: Bush, Clinton, and the Search for New Themes, 1989–2000.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 26: Panama, 1989.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 27: Iraq, 1991.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 28: Somalia, 1992–94.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 29: Haiti, 1994.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 30: Yugoslavia, 1995 and 1999.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: The Attacks of 9-11 and the Start of a New Era\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. George W. Bush and the “War on Terror”\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 31: Afghanistan, 2001ff.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 32: Iraq, 2003ff.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 33: Venezuela, 2002.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 34: Haiti, 2004.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"This is a superb tool for the advanced undergraduate or graduate student to combine multiple disciplines to the study of US foreign policy. This ought to become one of the most referenced theoretical approaches to US foreign policy.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSanford R. Silverburg, Catawba College \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAmerican Adventurism Abroad\u003c\/i\u003e is a well-written, comprehensive, but concise text on U.S. interventions throughout the world. The breadth and diversity of the author’s case analyses are impressive and valuable, as he covers both well known interventions and lesser known, even obscure, cases beginning in the immediate post-war period. Sullivan's individualized bibliographies, which he organizes by case or geographic area, will be extremely useful for both students and professors alike.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimothy C. Lim, California State University, Los Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichael J. Sullivan III\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History and Politics at Drexel University. He has authored numerous articles on arms control and nuclear non-proliferation and has been awarded fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and the Pew Foundation. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eMeasuring Global Values: The Ranking of 162 Countries\u003c\/i\u003e (1991) and \u003ci\u003eComparing State Polities: A Framework for Analyzing 100 Governments\u003c\/i\u003e (1996).  Since the end of World War II, the United States has embarked on a succession of military and economic interventions, invasions and regime changes across the globe. Whether in the name of containing communism during the Cold War or fighting global terrorism post-9\/11, the United States has a long history of rationalizing its interventions into developing countries. Yet as Michael Sullivan shows, a sober look at the facts reveals this adventurism abroad to have had a primary rationale – that of establishing itself as the world’s only superpower and the pre-eminent force of the global capitalist system irrespective of the tremendous political and social cost to the countries involved. From the “mere” loss of democracy to civil war and the consolidation of authoritarianism, 500 years of local politics have been interrupted as result of America’s actions. Moreover, the US military’s might and superior technology has led to a disproportionate destruction of life – with more than seven million war-related deaths at the sites of US interventions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this revised paperback edition, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Adventurism Abroad\u003c\/i\u003e traces US foreign policy from the late 1940s through the past six years of America’s 'war on terror.' Comprising 34 case studies of overseas US militaristic meddling throughout this period, drawn from eleven presidencies and five geographic regions, and complete with extensive bibliographies, this volume offers a detailed and compelling picture of American foreign policy and its position in the world today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988718207205,"sku":"NP9781405170758","price":46.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405170758.jpg?v=1761781315","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/american-adventurism-abroad-isbn-9781405170758","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}