An independent empire : diplomacy and war in the making of the United States by Kochin, Michael Shalom, 1970-, Taylor, Michael (Michael Hugh), 1988-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: an independent empire -- The British and the problems of American empire -- Foreign alliance and the Revolutionary War -- Peace and the Treaty of Paris -- Foreign policy and the United States Constitution -- The United States and the French Revolution, 1789-1794 -- Three treaties -- Saint Domingue and the Quasi-War, 1797-1800 -- The purchase and the pirates, 1800-1805 -- Embargo -- The War of 1812 -- American progress at Spanish expense, 1815-1819 -- Monsters and the American system -- The Monroe Doctrine -- The Congress of Panama.…”

The eagle and the lion : the tragedy of American-Iranian relations by Bill, James A.

Table of Contents: “…Kennedy and Iran, 1961-1963 -- Counterreform, Lyndon Johnson, and Pahlavi retrenchment, 1963-1970 -- Iran, American, and the triumph of repression, 1971-1977 -- America and the Iranian revolution, 1977-1979 -- The Islamic Republic and America: ruptured relations and a venture in rapprochement -- Pahlavism in America: the informal politics of foreign policy-making -- The United States in Iran: diplomats, intelligence agents, and policy making -- The politics of foreign policy failure: a system of reinforcing errors.…”


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