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This companion offers an overview of Lyndon B. Johnson's life, presidency, and legacy, as well as a detailed look at the central arguments and scholarly debates from his term in office. Explores the legacy of Johnson and the historical significance of his years as president. Covers the full range of topics, from the social and civil rights reforms of the Great Society to the increased American involvement in Vietnam. Incorporates the dramatic new evidence that has come to light through the release of around 8,000 phone conversations and meetings that Johnson secretly recorded as President

The election of Donald J. Trump unsettled many areas of U.S. foreign policy, but few more than the nation's relationship with Korea. This article argues that the Trump administration's vision for the world represents a stark break from the tradition of liberal internationalism and instead seeks to take the United States down a path that reflects the modern business practices of giant American corporations. A suitable label for this vision, as the following pages will show, is "Walmart unilateralism." This framework abandons the traditional American policies of nation building and alliances based on shared ideological values. Instead, it embraces a more short-term approach rooted in financial bottom lines, flexible alliances and rivalries, and the ruthless exploitation of power hierarchies. This new approach, this article concludes, may dramatically transform the American relationship with Korea. Walmart unilateralism in Korea almost certainly will have some short-time positive ramifications for the United States, but its larger failure to consider the history and values of the people living on the Korean Peninsula may generate serious long-term problems for the future experience of the United States in the region.

Bringing together leading experts on Korea and US-Korean relations, Divided America, Divided Korea provides a nuanced look at the critical relationship between the US and the two Koreas during and after the Trump years. It considers domestic politics, soft power, human rights, trade, security policy, and more, while integrating the perspectives of those in the US, South and North Korea, Japan, China, and beyond. The authors, ranging from historians and political scientists to policymakers and practitioners, bring a myriad of perspectives and backgrounds to one of the most critical international relationships of the modern world during an unprecedented era of turmoil and change, while also offering critical analyses of the past and present, and somber warnings about the future.

"In The Cold War at Home and Abroad, editors Andrew L. Johns and Mitchell B. Lerner bring together eleven essays that reflect the growing methodological diversity that has transformed the field over the past twenty years. The contributors examine a spectrum of diverse domestic factors and their influence on the history of US foreign relations since 1945, ranging from elections and Congress's influence on policy to the role of religion and regionalism"...

Hauptbeschreibung: Die regelmäßige Wiederkehr von Krisen gehört zu den Charakteristika des Kalten Krieges: 1948, 1950-1953, 1956, 1958-1961, 1962, 1964, 1966-1969, 1973, 1979-1981, 1988 - zwanzig Jahre und damit knapp die Hälfte der über vier Jahrzehnte währenden »Systemkonkurrenz« standen im Zeichen akuter politischer und militärischer Konfrontationen. Dass die bloße Existenz von Atomwaffen den Akteuren in Ost wie West Zurückhaltung auferlegte und zu Rücksichten zwang, die man unter anderen Umständen möglicherweise nicht genommen hätte, ist kaum zu bezweifeln. Doch kann die landläufige Rede vom