American Treaties and Alliances

1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-1-56802-440-0
Verlag: SAGE Publications

Buch, Englisch, 450 Seiten, Gewicht: 1361 g

Whether studying a particular time period, a general subject area, or a specific treaty or alliance, American Treaties and Alliances is the new one-stop resource. ''Organized both thematically and chronologically, and illustrated with maps and tables throughout, this reference helps students and researchers find the particular information they need, or explore whole issue areas, such as human rights and genocide, and the pertinent treaties throughout our history. Most useful to students researching foreign policy, the documents in American Treaties and Alliances are arranged by the following subjects: ''''Settlement, Union, Expansion, and Boundaries ''Wars and Military Alliances ''Diplomacy and International Organizations ''Trade, Commerce, and Transportation ''Human and Political Rights ''Science and Environment ''''

Autoren/Hrsg.

Axelrod, Alan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Über Autor(innen)

Axelrod, Alan
Alan Axelrod has written many works of military history, including The Real History of the Vietnam War (2012), The Real History of the Civil War (2013), A Savage Empire: Trappers, Traders, Tribes, and the Wars That Made America (2011), Selling the Great War: The Making of American Propaganda (2009), The Real History of the Cold War (2009), Patton’s Drive: The Making of America’s Greatest General (2009), Blooding at Great Meadows: Young George Washington and the Battle That Shaped the Man (2007), The Horrid Pit: The Battle of the Crater, the Civil War’s Cruelest Mission (2007), Miracle at Belleau Wood: The Birth of the Modern U.S. Marine Corps (2007), Bradley: A Biography (2006), and Patton: A Biography (2006). Among his reference books are Political History of America’s Wars (2007), Encyclopedia of Wars (2005), Encyclopedia of the United States Armed Forces (2005), American Treaties and Alliances (2000), and The Macmillan Dictionary of Military Biography (1998).

A former college professor and consultant to numerous museums and cultural institutions, Axelrod has been a featured speaker at the Conference on Excellence in Government (Washington, D.C.), the Leadership Institute of Columbia College (Columbia, South Carolina), and the Annual Conference of the Goizueta School of Business, Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia). He has been a creative consultant (and on-camera personality) for The Wild West television documentary series (Warner Bros., 1993), Civil War Journal (A&E Network, 1994), and The Discovery Channel, and he has appeared on MSNBC, CNN, CNNfn, CNBC, Fox Network affiliates in Philadelphia and Atlanta, and numerous radio news and talk programs, including on National Public Radio. Axelrod lives with his wife, Anita, an artist, in Atlanta and in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina.