The Routledge Handbook of American Military and Diplomatic History: 1865 to the Present

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The Routledge Handbook of U.S. Military and Diplomatic History provides a comprehensive analysis of the major events, conflicts, and personalities that have defined and shaped the military history of the United States in the modern period. Each chapter begins with a brief introductory essay that provides context for the topical essays that follow by providing a concise narrative of the period, highlighting some of the scholarly debates and interpretive schools of thought as well as the current state of the academic field. Starting after the Civil War, the chapters chronicle America's rise toward empire, first at home and then overseas, culminating in September 11, 2001 and the War on Terror. With authoritative and vividly written chapters by both leading scholars and new talent, maps and illustrations, and lists of further readings, this state-of-the-field handbook will be a go-to reference for every American history scholar's bookshelf. Cover Title Copyright Dedication CONTENTS List of Maps Acknowledgments Introduction Part I Post-Civil War American Expansion at Home and Abroad 1 Westward Expansion and U.S. Overseas Empire: 1865–1898 2 Buffalo Soldiers on the Western Frontier: 1866–1890 3 U.S. Overseas Expansion in the Post-Civil War Era Part II The Spanish–American War and U.S. Overseas Expansion 4 The Spanish–American War and the Development of U.S. Imperialism: 1898–1933 5 The Philippine–American War and the Birth of U.S. Colonialism in Asia 6 The Platt Amendment and U.S. Occupation Policies in Latin America Part III The First World War and its Aftermath 7 The United States in the First World War and the Treaty of Versailles: 1914–1919 8 Allied Coalition Warfare During the First World War 9 Native American Soldiers in World War I 10 Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points and the League of Nations Part IV America Between the World Wars 11 The United States During the Interwar Years: 1919–1941 12 The Age of Disengagement and Disarmament 13 U.S. Military Planning During the Interwar Period Part V America and the Second World War 14 The United States in the Second World War: 1941–1945 15 Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, and the Second Front 16 The Atomic Bombing of Japan: Was It Necessary? 17 American Women in World War II 18 The Housing of Axis Prisoners of War in the U.S. During World War II Part VI The United States and the Early Cold War 19 The Origins of the Cold War at Home and Abroad: 1945–1950 20 The Soviet Union, the United States and Eastern Europe: 1941–1953 21 U.S. Occupation Policy and Nation Building in Germany and Japan 22 The Cold War at Home Part VII The Korean War and its Aftermath 23 The Korean War, 1950–1953: A Historiographical Summary 24 UN Coalition Warfare During the Korean War 25 Warfare and Nation Building in the Republic of Korea: 1953–1973 Part VIII The Vietnam War 26 The Vietnam War, 1945–1975: A Historiography 27 The Myth of an American Attrition Strategy in the Vietnam War 28 “Shaky as all Hell”: The U.S. and Nation Building in Southern Vietnam 29 The Soldier’s Experience in Vietnam Part IX U.S. Clandestine Operations and the Cold War on the Periphery 30 The Cold War on the Periphery: 1953–1989 31 Eisenhower, Kennedy, and the CIA: Guatemala and the Bay of Pigs 32 U.S. Clandestine Operations in Chile: 1970–1973 33 U.S. Troops as an Instrument in Foreign Policy: The Dominican Republic in 1965 and Grenada in 1983 Part X America and Post Cold War Interventions 34 Post Cold War Conflicts 35 Operation Just Cause: The U.S. Invasion of Panama 36 The Participation of American Servicewomen in Operation Desert Storm 37 U.S. Troops in Non-Traditional Roles: Humanitarian and Peacekeeping Operations Part XI September 11, 2001 and its Aftermath 38 September 11, 2001 and the War on Terror 39 Operation Enduring Freedom: The United States in Afghanistan 40 Operation Iraqi Freedom: 2003–2010 Appendices Notes on Contributors Index