{"product_id":"9781350028685","title":"America's Road to Empire Foreign Policy from Independence to World War One","description":"\u003ch3\u003eNew Approaches to International History\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eAmerica's Road to Empire\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eForeign Policy from Independence to World War One\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePiero Gleijeses | Thomas Zeiler\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ United States \/ 19th Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerica's Road to Empire\u003c\/i\u003e surveys and analyses United States' foreign relations from the country's independence in 1776 until its entry into World War One in 1917, using primary source materials and case studies. The book covers key themes including:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- the role that notions of \"white superiority\" played in US foreign policy \u003cbr\u003e- the search for absolute security that repeatedly led the United States to trample on the liberties of other countries; \u003cbr\u003e- and the idea of American 'exceptionalism' – the clash between the idealism of US rhetoric and its actions – which has led to a persistent failure to understand how “European” U.S. policy actually was. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhilst providing analytical overview, Piero Gleijeses also uses case studies which examine overlooked aspects of U.S. foreign policy, particularly concerning marginalized populations. He draws on archival U.S. and European primary sources and incorporates the latest research from the US, British, French and Spanish archives, as well as newspapers from the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Spain, and Mexico. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA highly original account of the United States' rise to power drawing on multilingual scholarship, this is an important book for all students and scholars of United States foreign relations up to the First World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePiero Gleijeses\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of American Foreign Policy in the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, USA. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eVisions of Freedom: Havana, Washington, Pretoria and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1976-1991\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), which won the AHA Friedrich Katz Prize, and \u003ci\u003eConflicting Missions: Havana, Washington and Africa, 1959-1976\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), which won the 2002 Robert Ferrell Prize from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e07 October 2021\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350028685\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e400\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e21.6\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63030622421132,"sku":"9781350028685","price":33.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_16c5ad81-9eb6-4725-876b-3c11bceffe83.jpg?v=1792188742","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350028685","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}