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The Diplomacy of the Crucial Decade. American Foreign Relations During the 1960s.
Diane B. . Ed(S): Kunz
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Paperback. Comprehensively examines American diplomacy during the 1960s and argues that all aspects of American foreign policy of the period must be viewed through the prism of the fight against communism. Editor(s): Kunz, Diane B. Num Pages: 372 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
Although the foreign policy decisions made by Kennedy and Johnson determined the final form of postwar diplomacy and laid the foundation for the tumultuous worldwide political changes of the last five years, until now no book has examined American diplomacy during 1960s as a whole. During his presidency, Kennedy concentrated on foreign policy. The president and his staff feared that communism had taken the offensive internationally and that the U.S. was in danger of losing the confrontation, particularly in the developing world. While Johnson attempted to focus on domestic issues, foreign issues nevertheless loomed large. Consequently, the contributors to ... Read more
Although the foreign policy decisions made by Kennedy and Johnson determined the final form of postwar diplomacy and laid the foundation for the tumultuous worldwide political changes of the last five years, until now no book has examined American diplomacy during 1960s as a whole. During his presidency, Kennedy concentrated on foreign policy. The president and his staff feared that communism had taken the offensive internationally and that the U.S. was in danger of losing the confrontation, particularly in the developing world. While Johnson attempted to focus on domestic issues, foreign issues nevertheless loomed large. Consequently, the contributors to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
Number of Pages
372
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231081771
SKU
V9780231081771
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About Diane B. . Ed(S): Kunz
Diane B. Kunz is Associate Professor of History at Yale University and author of The Economic Diplomacy of the Suez Crisis and The Economic Diplomacy of the American Century.
Reviews for The Diplomacy of the Crucial Decade. American Foreign Relations During the 1960s.
Has the unusual quality of being useful to the specialist as well as interesting to the undergraduate and general reader. Diane B. Kunz, an associate professor of history at Yale, has brought together nine diplomatic historians and asked them to write essays in their specialty areas... Kunz also contributed an introductory essay and an essay on Cold War economic diplomacy. ... Read more