The History of American Foreign Policy from 1895

In its 5th edition, this volume offers a clear and nuanced history of U.S. foreign relations since the Spanish-American War and places that narrative within the context of the most influential historiographical trends and debates.

Jessica Elkind is an Associate Professor of History at San Francisco State University, where she teaches on the U.S. in the world and Southeast Asia. Her publications include Aid Under Fire: Nation Building and the Vietnam War (2016). She is currently working on a study of U.S. non-military involvement in Cambodia during the 1970s.

Jerald A. Combs (PhD UCLA 1964) is Professor of History Emeritus at San Francisco State University. He is the author of The Jay Treaty: Political Battleground of the Founding Fathers and American Diplomatic History: Two Centuries of Changing Interpretations.