America in the World

Isolating the Enemy

Diplomatic Strategy in China and the United States, 1953–1956 Tao Wang

Tao Wang offers a new account of Sino–American relations in the mid-1950s that situates the two great powers in their international context. He reveals how both the United States and China adopted a policy of attempting to isolate their adversary and explores how Chinese and American leaders perceived and reacted to each other’s strategies.

$35.00 / £30.00 paper 978-0-231-19817-2 $140.00 / £115.00 cloth 978-0-231-19816-5 2021 336 pages 9 illus.

STUDIES OF THE WEATHERHEAD EAST ASIAN INSTITUTE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

Undoing the Liberal World Order

Progressive Ideals and Political Realities Since World War II Leon Fink

Leon Fink examines key cases of progressive influence on postwar U.S. foreign policy, tracing the tension between liberal aspirations and the political realities that stymie them. A diplomatic history that emphasizes the roles of class, labor, race, and grassroots activism, this book suggests new directions for progressive foreign policy.

$28.00 / £22.00 paper 978-0-231-20225-1 $115.00 / £90.00 cloth 978-0-231-20224-4 January 2022 320 pages 10 illus. Engaging China

Fifty Years of SinoAmerican Relations Edited by Anne F. Thurston

This book brings together leading China specialists to offer a retrospective on relations between the United States and China over the last half-century to consider what might come next. The contributors include academics, leaders of China-related nongovernmental organizations, and former diplomats and government officials.

$35.00 / £30.00 paper 978-0-231-20129-2 $145.00 / £112.00 cloth 978-0-231-20128-5 2021 472 pages 14 illus.

A NANCY BERNKOPF TUCKER AND WARREN I. COHEN BOOK ON AMERICAN–EAST ASIAN RELATIONS

Designs on Empire

America’s Rise to Power in the Age of European Imperialism Andrew Priest

Andrew Priest offers a new understanding of the roots of American empire that foregrounds the longer history of perceptions of European powers. He traces the development of American thinking about European imperialism in the years after the Civil War, before the United States embarked on its own overseas colonial projects.

$35.00 / £28.00 paper 978-0-231-19745-8 $145.00 / £112.00 cloth 978-0-231-19744-1 2021 304 pages 11 illus.

Fearing the Worst

How Korea Transformed the Cold War Samuel F. Wells Jr.

Fearing the Worst explains how the Korean War fundamentally changed postwar competition between the United States and the Soviet Union into a militarized confrontation that would last decades. Samuel F. Wells Jr. examines how military and political events interacted to escalate the conflict.

$45.00 / £35.00 cloth 978-0-231-19274-3 2019 600 pages 20 illus.

WOODROW WILSON CENTER SERIES

U.S. Strategy in the Asian Century

Empowering Allies and Partners Abraham M. Denmark

U.S. Strategy in the Asian Century offers vital perspective on the future of power dynamics in the Indo-Pacific, focusing on the critical roles that American allies and partners can play. Blending academic rigor and practical policy experience, Abraham M. Denmark analyzes the future of major-power competition in the region.

$30.00 / £25.00 paper 978-0-231-19765-6 $95.00 / $78.00 cloth 978-0-231-19764-9 2020 336 pages 16 illus.

WOODROW WILSON CENTER SERIES

Oil Powers

A History of the U.S.-Saudi Alliance Victor McFarland

Connecting foreign relations and domestic politics, Victor McFarland challenges the view that the U.S.-Saudi alliance is the inevitable consequence of American energy demand and Saudi Arabia’s huge oil reserves. Oil Powers traces the growth of the alliance through a dense web of political, economic, and social connections that bolstered royal and executive power and the national-security state.

$35.00 / £28.00 paper 978-0-231-19727-4 $140.00 / £115.00 cloth 978-0-231-19726-7 2020 376 pages 5 illus.

At Home and Abroad

The Politics of American Religion Edited by Elizabeth Shakman Hurd and Winnifred Fallers Sullivan

At Home and Abroad bridges the divide between the domestic and the international study of American religion, law, and politics, bringing together diverse authors to explore ties across conceptual and political boundaries. Contributors examine the ideas, people, and institutions that provide links between domestic and foreign religious politics and policies.

$35.00 / £28.00 paper 978-0-231-19899-8 $140.00 / £115.00 cloth 978-0-231-19898-1 2021 368 pages

RELIGION, CULTURE, AND PUBLIC LIFE