American Diplomacy: The Twentieth Century

by Robert H. Ferrell

American Diplomacy: The Twentieth Century provides a vigorous, through narrative of American diplomatic history. From the war with Spain to the latest summit with the Soviet Union, through the glorious and tragic events that have marked America's emergence as a world power, American Diplomacy: The Twentieth Century provides a vigorous, thorough narrative of American diplomatic history. Among the prominent themes in the text are: nuclear diplomacy and the problem of arms control, the often critical connection between domestic policies and foreign policy, and America's uneasy relations with emerging nations of Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

Genres: History

448 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1987

About the author

Robert Hugh Ferrell was an American historian and author of several books on Harry S. Truman and the diplomatic history of the United States. He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during the Second World War and was an intelligence analyst in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. He received a B.S. in Education from Bowling Green State University in 1946 and a PhD from Yale University in 1951, where he worked under the direction of Samuel Flagg Bemis and his dissertation won the John Addison Porter Prize. He went on to win the 1952 Beer Prize for his first book, Peace In Their Time, a study of the making of the Kellogg-Briand Pact.

He taught for many years at Indiana University in Bloomington, starting as an Assistant Professor in 1953 and rising to Distinguished Professor of History in 1974. He has held several notable visiting professorships, including Yale University in 1955 and the Naval War College in 1974.

Reviews

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this book rather interesting because Ferrell takes a specific look at American Diplomacy and he forges a great argument. A difficult read but an interesting one nonetheless.