American Foreign Policy: Past, Present, Future

by Glenn P. Hastedt

This text brings together 3 key elements for both students and professors. It provides an overview of the historical information to make sense of current U.S. foreign policy; it supplies case studies to give students grounding in key events in U.S. foreign policy and information on contemporary issues; and it incorporates concepts that structure an investigation into U.S. foreign policy. The focus is on U.S. policy itself and not on U.S. foreign policy toward specific regions or issues.

Genres: History, Politics, Nonfiction, Textbooks

480 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Dale]

Issued at the US Army War College this is a great book for an all inclusive look at American Foreign Policy. The author provides context, asks questions at the end of each section for reflection, and provides suggested further readings. There is a shelf life for the information about the current state of affairs, hence it being the twelfth edition.

[Don]

Sloppy history within.

[Diogenes the Dog]

Not horrible for a textbook.

[Rebecca P]

Filed under: another substantive but dry as burnt toast academic work.

[J. Tayler Smith]

It’s is a textbook on American foreign policy. It’s does it’s job well. It remains unbiased on the topic and presents the facts what American foreign policy has consisted of from about World War II until the end of Obama’s presidency. Not much more can be said.

[Jacob]

better than I expected.

[Sannie Hald]

Article 23***

[Neh]

Using this book and Jentleson's textbook contiguously was the best decision. The synergistic benefit was invaluable to say the least!

[Art]

Excellent textbook (Tenth Edition) on American Foreign Policy.