America's Road to Empire: Foreign Policy from Independence to World War One

America's Road to Empire is a comprehensive survey and analysis of United States foreign relations from independence in 1776 to World War One in 1917, exploring themes such as white superiority, security, and exceptionalism. It uses primary source materials and case studies to provide an analytical overview and uncover overlooked aspects of U.S. foreign policy, particularly concerning marginalized populations.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 400 pages
Publication date: 07 October 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

America's Road to Empire is a comprehensive survey and analysis of United States foreign relations from the country's independence in 1776 until its entry into World War One in 1917. The book explores key themes such as the role of white superiority in US foreign policy, the search for absolute security, and the idea of American exceptionalism. Piero Gleijeses uses primary source materials and case studies to provide an analytical overview of US foreign policy, while also highlighting overlooked aspects of US foreign policy, particularly concerning marginalized populations. He draws on archival U.S. and European primary sources and incorporates the latest research from the US, British, French, and Spanish archives, as well as newspapers from the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Spain, and Mexico. This is a highly original account of the United States' rise to power and is an important book for all students and scholars of United States foreign relations up to the First World War.

Weight: 630g
Dimension: 240 x 316 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781350028685