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The period encompassed by this volume—with the start of the Civil War and World War I as bookends—has gone by a number of colorful names: The Imperial Years

The period from the outset of World War I to the end of World War II was among the most significant in the history of the United States. Twice it was drawn into

The post-Cold War diplomacy of the United States evolved in stages that reflected changes in the international system. Through the 1990s, the nation's foreign a