From the Cold War to the Persian Gulf War, the high drama of
America's contemporary foreign policy crises comes to life in this
collection of primary documents designed for use by high school and
college students. The comprehensive work dramatizes, through
memoirs and diaries of the major players as well as key public
documents, eight major crises: The Origins of the Cold War, the
Berlin Blockade of 1948-49, the Korean War, the Berlin Crises of
1958 and 1961, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, the
Iranian Hostage Crisis of 1979-80, and the 1991 Persian Gulf War
with Iraq. The selection of documents for each crisis dramatizes
the tension between the opposing nations and illuminates the
process of decision-making by U.S. policymakers. Meticulously
culled from a wide variety of sources and voices, many of the 382
documents are available in no other resource. Following a general
introduction on contemporary American foreign relations, each
crisis begins with a narrative introduction and chronology of
events. The story of each crisis unfolds through chronologically
organized documents, each of which is preceded by an explanatory
headnote. The section on each crisis concludes with a suggested
reading list. Among the variety of voices heard are memoirs and
official statements of every president from Truman to Bush, and
memoirs, diaries, and reminiscences of key players including
General Douglas MacArthur, Dean Acheson, Robert Kennedy, Henry
Kissinger, Nikita Krushchev, Andrei Gromyko, the Shah of Iran, and
Generals Norman Schwarzkopf and Colin Powell. The variety of
documents includes government reports and policy statements,
private correspondence and memos, laws, speeches,
positionstatements of interest groups, treaties and agreements, CIA
directives, and interviews with key players. This basic research
tool provides students with a rich panoply of voices, viewpoints,
and key public documents that illuminate a crucial period in
American and world history.
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