The Routledge Handbook of American Military and Diplomatic History

1865 to the Present

Christos Frentzos, Antonio S. Thompson, Antonio Thompson

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9781135071011
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Military & Maritime History
• Index: History

The Routledge Handbook of U.S. Military and Diplomatic History provides a comprehensive analysis of the major events, conflicts, and personalities that have defined and shaped the military history of the United States in the modern period. Each chapter begins with a brief introductory essay that provides context for the topical essays that follow by providing a concise narrative of the period, highlighting some of the scholarly debates and interpretive schools of thought as well as the current state of the academic field. Starting after the Civil War, the chapters chronicle America's rise toward empire, first at home and then overseas, culminating in September 11, 2001 and the War on Terror.

With authoritative and vividly written chapters by both leading scholars and new talent, maps and illustrations, and lists of further readings, this state-of-the-field handbook will be a go-to reference for every American history scholar's bookshelf.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedicaton
• CONTENTS
• List of Maps
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• PART I Post-Civil War American Expansion at Home and Abroad
• PART II The Spanish–American War and U.S. Overseas Expansion
• PART III The First World War and its Aftermath
• PART IV America Between the World Wars
• PART V America and the Second World War
• PART VI The United States and the Early Cold War
• PART VII The Korean War and its Aftermath
• PART VIII The Vietnam War
• PART IX U.S. Clandestine Operations and the Cold War on the Periphery
• PART X America and Post Cold War Interventions
• PART XI September 11, 2001 and its Aftermath
• Appendices
• Notes on Contributors
• Index