Post Cold War Foreign Policy
Former Secretary of State James A. Baker explains that, "...it was easy during the Cold War to know what you were for. You were for anything the Soviet Union was against and you were against anything the Soviet Union was for." In the post Cold War e...
Politics of Diplomacy, The
Former Secretary of State James A. Baker recounts his experience joining with the Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union to condemn the Iraq invasion of Kuwait in 1990.
Between the Wars: Impact of the Depression on International Relations
European nations are suffering from devastation and debt after World War I. Countries maintain their debts payments to the United States as long as Germany pays reparations. The stock market crash in U. S. triggers crises in other countries. The ina...
America in a World At War: Holding off the Germans
The United States enters WWII in Europe through North Africa, delaying an earlier plan to enter through France. This discourages the Soviet Union as Stalin sees it as the United States and Britain wanting the Soviets to suffer more casualties. The N...