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The Cambridge History of American Foreign Relations: Volume 2, The American Search for Opportunity, 1865–1913

by Walter LaFeber (Author)
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The American Search for Opportunity, 1865-1913 analyzes the period between the American Civil War and World War I (1865-1913) as the formative basis for twentieth-century American world power--"The American Century" as it has become known--and examines the "Imperial Presidency" that these roots produced. The extent of U.S. power was so great that it not only transformed American society, but reshaped other societies around the globe as well, by helping fuel--and in some cases directly causing--the great revolutions of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries in Mexico, Russia, China, Cuba, Hawaii, the Philippines, Panama, and Central America. The book, therefore, not only examines American history, but the history of many other areas that were dramatically affected by U.S. power as they entered the twentieth century.
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  1. ISBN-10
    0521483832
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0521483834
  3. Publisher
    Cambridge University Press
  4. Publication date
    April 28, 1995
  5. Language
    English
  6. Dimensions
    6 x 0.71 x 9 inches
  7. Print length
    284 pages
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"Walter LaFeber offers a provocative and arresting thesis--that instead of promoting order, the rise of America to world power had a disruptive impact on the international community at the turn of the 20th century. His book promises to renew interest in a relatively neglected but vital period in American diplomatic history." Robert A. Divine, University of Texas at Austin

"These books can be read together, or, thanks to fairly broad and overlapping introductory chapters, they can be read as discrete volumes. They will certainly make an impact on the profession." Canadian Journal of History

"Happily, the new, four-volume Cambridge History of American Foreign Relations provides an opportunity to scan the past two centuries for indications of the shape of foreign policy in the post-Cold War world. Each of the four books stands on its own. Each offers a clear overview of a particular period written by a distinguished historian drawing on a considerable body of research, itself the product of decades of scholarly endeavor. None is simply a chronicle of events." World Policy Journal

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The American Search for Opportunity traces the U.S. foreign policy between 1865 and 1913, linking these two historic trends by noting how the United States.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press (April 28, 1995)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 284 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0521483832
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0521483834
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.71 x 9 inches
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Aaron R. Linderman
3.0 out of 5 stars Soft-Boiled Marxism
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2010
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LaFeber's account of the rise of American power reflects his roots in New Left historiography. He spends the first quarter of the book describing America's domestic economic scene, as the Second Industrial Revolution took off. He then pounds home the argument that America was not a status quo power seeking order, but a revisionist power seeking economic opportunity, leaving chaos in its wake. LaFeber is not entirely incorrect about this, but his myopic insistence on economic determinism causes him to neglect other considerations. Thus, the consideration of things like ideology or geostategy is at times inadequate, or they are poorly treated, as mere extensions of economic pursuit. If this book were titled, "The Foreign Policy Implications of America's Economic Growth, 1865-1913" I would have been more satisfied. But what is billed as a general survey within the Cambridge series is in fact narrow in its approach and partisan in its argumentation.
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4.0 out of 5 stars LaFeber does what he does best
Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2011
Walter Lafeber is a product of his time, the sixties generation, who fought back against the government, the commercial establishment and anything else. This is his approach to American Foreign relations in true revisionist style. He has an apologetic tone for America's self-serving and duplicitous sense of self and raises the dichotomy of its justifiable need to impose itself despite everything America used to stand for. What LaFeber does so well is to get to the meat of the matter with clear, precise language so there is no ambiguity left to dispel. This is a mainstay for anyone interested in America's attitude to itself and its place in the world at the turn of the twentieth century. A wonderful insight into America's coming of age with the ominous conclusion that America's domestic peace literally depends on foreign chaos.
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