• Acknowledgments; Prelude; Part I. At War's End: Visions of a New World Order; Part II. Origins of the Cold War; Part III. The Korean War and its Consequences; Part IV. New Leaders and New Arenas in the Cold War; Part V. Crisis Resolution; Part VI. America's Longest War; Part VII. The Rise and Fall of Detente; Part VIII. In God's Country; Conclusion: America and the World, 1945–1991; Bibliographic Essay; Index.

"Drawing upon recent scholarship and using new as well as traditional approaches, four distinguished historians provide...excellent summaries of the international history of the United States from its emergence as a nation to its global involvement as a great power. Each author gives a distinctive interpretation to the period covered, yet together the four volumes furnish a cohesive overview of the history of U.S. foreign relations." The Historian

• Acknowledgments; Prelude; Part I. At War's End: Visions of a New World Order; Part II. Origins of the Cold War; Part III. The Korean War and its Consequences; Part IV. New Leaders and New Arenas in the Cold War; Part V. Crisis Resolution; Part VI. America's Longest War; Part VII. The Rise and Fall of Detente; Part VIII. In God's Country; Conclusion: America and the World, 1945–1991; Bibliographic Essay; Index.

"Drawing upon recent scholarship and using new as well as traditional approaches, four distinguished historians provide...excellent summaries of the international history of the United States from its emergence as a nation to its global involvement as a great power. Each author gives a distinctive interpretation to the period covered, yet together the four volumes furnish a cohesive overview of the history of U.S. foreign relations." The Historian

• Acknowledgments; Prelude; Part I. At War's End: Visions of a New World Order; Part II. Origins of the Cold War; Part III. The Korean War and its Consequences; Part IV. New Leaders and New Arenas in the Cold War; Part V. Crisis Resolution; Part VI. America's Longest War; Part VII. The Rise and Fall of Detente; Part VIII. In God's Country; Conclusion: America and the World, 1945–1991; Bibliographic Essay; Index.

"Drawing upon recent scholarship and using new as well as traditional approaches, four distinguished historians provide...excellent summaries of the international history of the United States from its emergence as a nation to its global involvement as a great power. Each author gives a distinctive interpretation to the period covered, yet together the four volumes furnish a cohesive overview of the history of U.S. foreign relations." The Historian