Explaining the History of American Foreign Relations

A longtime classic in its first and second editions, Explaining the History of American Foreign Relations, 3rd edition presents substantially revised and new essays on traditional themes such as national security, corporatism, borderlands history, and international relations theory. The book also highlights such innovative conceptual approaches and analytical methods as computational analysis, symbolic borders, modernization and technopolitics, nationalism, non-state actors, domestic politics, exceptionalism, legal history, nation branding, gender, race, political economy, memory, psychology, emotions, and the senses. Each chapter is written by a highly respected scholar in the field, many of whom have risen to prominence since the second edition's publication. This collection is an indispensable volume for teachers and students in foreign relations history, international relations history, and political science. The essays are written in accessible, jargon-free prose, thus also making the book appropriate for general readers seeking an introduction to history and political science.

Author: Frank Costigliola
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 03/07/2016
Pages: 398
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.21lbs
Size: 9.09h x 5.99w x 0.85d
ISBN: 9781107637856

About the Author
Costigliola, Frank: - Frank Costigliola is a professor in the Department of History at the University of Connecticut. His books include Roosevelt's Lost Alliances, which won the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations' Robert H. Ferrell prize for best book. He has received fellowships from the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Norwegian Nobel Institute, and the University of Connecticut Humanities Institute.Hogan, Michael J.: - Michael J. Hogan is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Illinois, Springfield. He is the author or editor of ten books, including Origins of the National Security State and the Legacy of Harry S. Truman, co-edited with Mary Ann Heiss. Hogan is also the recipient of the Beer Prize of the American Historical Association, the Wright Prize of the International Studies Association, and the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations' Bernath Prize.