Contents:
Setting the stage for understanding U.S. foreign policy -- Unilateralism to engagement: the founding to the end of World War I, 1777-1920 -- From isolationism to superpower: the interwar years through World War II, 1920-1945 -- The making of a superpower: Cold War foreign policy, 1946-1980 -- The Cold War and beyond: Reagan through Clinton, 1981-2001 -- George W. Bush: a new direction for U.S. foreign policy?: 2001-2009 -- Obama and U.S. foreign policy: 2009-2017 and beyond -- The future of U.S. foreign policy.