Major Problems In American Foreign Relations: Documents And Essays: Volume II (Major Problems in American History Series) [Paperback]

Dennis Merrill (Author), Thomas Paterson (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0395938856 | ISBN-13: 978-0395938850 | Publication Date: September 24, 1999 | Edition: 5

Designed to encourage critical thinking about history, this reader uses a carefully-selected group of primary sources and analytical essays to allow students to test the interpretations of distinguished historians, and draw their own conclusions on the material presented.

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About the Author

Dennis Merrill, a professor of history and department chair at the University of Missouri–Kansas City, received his Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut. He is the author of Bread and the Ballot: The United States and India's Economic Development, 1947–1963. The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations honored him with a Stuart L. Bernath Article Prize, and he has received two Fulbright awards to India. His current research interests focus on U.S.–Third World relations during the Cold War and the history of international tourism.

Thomas Paterson is Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Connecticut and received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1968. He is the general editor of Houghton Mifflin's Major Problems series, co-author of Major Problems in American Foreign Relations, 5/e, (Houghton Mifflin, 2000) and is co-author of A People and A Nation, 6/e (Houghton Mifflin, 2001). In addition to authoring several books and editing collections of essays on the history of U.S. Foreign Relations, he served as senior editor of the four-volume Encyclopedia of American Foreign Relations (1997). He is part president of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations.

Product Details

• Paperback: 636 pages
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company; 5 edition (September 24, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0395938856
• ISBN-13: 978-0395938850
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #177,968 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent overview of American Foreign Relations, May 10, 2001

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This review is from: Major Problems In American Foreign Relations: Documents And Essays: Volume II (Major Problems in American History Series) (Paperback)

The primary sources provided in each chapter provide interesting insight into the chapters content. They also set a good background in which the essay's shine. Each essay is carefully chosen, and highlights one of the current debates about American Foreign Relations. Overall an excellent book that provides good history, as well as current interpretation.