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American Foreign Relation (New Ways to Know)

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This book provides a thorough survey of American Foreign Reltaions, great for use as a textbook. Events are covered accurately and in great detail. This is not a great source for any analysis or deep commentary, but serves as a great starting point for any classes in foreign relations. Includes very many illustrations, such as cartoons, maps, and photographs.

This book brings some of the items one read about in history classes to a more 'back channel' perspective. Monroe Doctrine and the like are the opening situations, and instead of 'we put a blockade on German ship' it goes it to some of the things that happened to stop a war from breaking out.

I was supposed to get the newer edition of the book for class, but the old edition has worked fine for its purpose. I have used this book for essays, my take-home final exam, and as a resource for papers. Overall, its content is great for a variety of Political Science classes, ranging from International Relations to Foreign Policy. The text really shows a timeline of America's place in the world through the decades and through presidential administrations.