Ryan, David, 1965-

The United States and Europe in the twentieth century / David Ryan. - 1 online resource (xxvi, 202 pages) : maps - Seminar studies in history . - Seminar studies in history. .

Originally published by Pearson Education Limited in 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-189) and index.

Cover; Half Title; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction to the Series; Author's Acknowledgements; Publisher's Acknowledgements; List of Maps; Chronology; Part One: Background; 1. The Traditions of Us Foreign Relations; Cooperation, Conflict and the National Interest; Spheres of Influence: The Monroe Doctrine; Empire as a Way of Life: Manifest Destiny and Imperialism; Open Doors: Expanding Trade; The Turn into the American Century; Part Two: The United States and the World Wars; 2. Wilson's Order and European Power; The United States and Imperial Europe. The First World War: Prelude to Intervention, 1914-16US Intervention; The Russian Revolution; The Western Front and Western Peace; 3. The Inter-War System to the Second World War; Ruling the Waves?; Economic Engagement with Europe; Economic Fragmentation: The Wall Street Crash and the Great Depression; Washington and the Rise of Fascist Europe; US Isolation?; The Second World War; Part Three: The United States, Europe and the Cold War; 4. The Division of Europe, 1945-56; Planning the Post-War Order; Emerging Cold War in Europe; The Marshall Plan: Integrating Europe. Crisis in Berlin and the Formation of NATOThe End(s) of Empire; Peaceful Coexistence?; 5. The United States and Europe from the Atlantic to the Urals? 1957-72; Bystanders: Eastern Europe and Hungary; Transatlantic Division: Suez; European Unity; Kennedy's Grand Design; De Gaulle and Europe from the Atlantic to the Urals; Ostpolitik, Czechoslovakia, D�etente; Part Four: The United States, European Integration and the End of the Cold War; 6. Us Decline and European Integration, 1973-86; D�etente and Economic Tensions; The Year of Europe and EEC Enlargement; End of Authoritarian Government. Renewed Cold War?Solidarity in the East or West?; Single European Act; 7. The End of the Cold War, 1987-2000; Soviet New Thinking; Revolution in Eastern Europe; German Unification; Soviet Dissolution, 1991; The European Union or Transatlantic Unity; Yugoslavia: Bosnia to Kosovo; Part Five: Assessment; 8. Extending The West; Part Six: Documents; Glossary; Who's Who; Further Reading; References; Index.

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1900-1999


POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--International Relations--General.
Diplomatic relations.


United States--Foreign relations--Europe.
United States--Foreign relations--20th century.
Europe--Foreign relations--United States.
Europe--Foreign relations--20th century.
Europe.
United States.


Electronic books.
History.

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