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History 354: United States Foreign Policy since 1939
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Fall 2008 — Prof. Levering
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Outline of this guide:
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Questions? Contact Susanna Boylston (704-894-2494).
Reference Works
Reference Universe | Biographical Sources | General Works | World War II | The Cold War | United Nations | Vietnam
- Reference Universe
Don't know where to begin? Try Reference Universe, an index of the indexes in many of the library's reference books and e-books. Reference Universe will tell you which titles contain information on your topic.
- Biographical Sources
- General Works
- American Foreign Relations since 1600: A Guide to the Literature. Ed. Robert L. Beisner. 2nd ed. 2 vols. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2003.
Reference R 016.327 A512
- Chronological History of U.S. Foreign Relations. Lester H. Brune. 2nd ed. 3 vols. New York: Routledge, 2003.
Reference R 327.73 B894c 2003
- Dictionary of American Diplomatic History. John E. Findling. 2nd ed. New York: Greenwood, 1989.
Reference R 327.73 F494d2
- Dictionary of American Foreign Affairs. Stephen A. Flanders and Carl N. Flanders. New York: Macmillan, 1993.
Reference R 327.73 F584d
- Encyclopedia of Arms Control and Disarmament. Ed. Richard Dean Burns. 3 vols. New York: Scribner's, 1993.
Reference R 327.1 E56
- Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century. Ed. Stanley I. Kutler. 4 vols. New York: Scribner's, 1996.
Reference R 973.03 E562
- Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign Relations. Ed. Bruce W. Jentleson and Thomas G. Paterson. 4 vols. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1997.
Reference R 327.73 E561
- Europa World Year Book. London: Europa, 1959- .
Reference R 341.1 E89
The current edition is available online.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
A collection of over 120 full-text reference e-books. Includes:
- The Greenwood Encyclopedia of International Relations. Ed. Cathal J. Nolan. 4 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2002.
Reference R 327.03 N787g
- Intelligence, Espionage, and Related Topics: An Annotated Bibliography of Serial Journal and Magazine Scholarship, 1844-1998. Comp. James D. Calder. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1999.
Reference R 327.12 I61
- International Relations: A Concise Companion. David Weigall. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2002.
Reference R 327 W419i
- International Relations: A Political Dictionary. Lawrence Ziring et al. 5th ed. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1995.
Reference R 327.03 Z81i
- World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers. U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Washington, DC: U.S.G.P.O., 1976- .
Government Information Stacks AC 1.16
Library has: 1963-1982, 1985-1996, 1998-2000.
- World War II
- The Oxford Companion to World War II. Ed. I.C.B. Dear. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1995.
Reference R 940.53 O98
- World War II in Europe, Africa, and the Americas, with General Sources: A Handbook of Literature and Research. Ed. Lloyd Lee. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1997.
Reference R 940.53 W927
- World War II in Europe: An Encyclopedia. Ed. David Zabecki. 2 vols. New York: Garland, 1999.
Reference R 940.53 W9272
- The Cold War
- The Cold War, 1945-1991. Ed. Benjamin Frankel. 3 vols. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1992- .
Reference R 923.2 A211c
- The Cold War Encyclopedia. Thomas Parrish. New York: H. Holt, 1996.
Reference R 909.82 P261c
- The Cold War Reference Guide: A General History and Annotated Chronology with Selected Biographies. Richard Alan Schwartz. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1997.
Reference R 909.82 S399c
- The Columbia Guide to America in the 1960s. David Farber and Beth Bailey. New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 2001.
Reference R 973.923 C726
- The Columbia Guide to the Cold War. Michael Kort. New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 1998.
Reference R 909.82 K85c
- Encyclopedia of the Cold War. Thomas S. Arms. New York: Facts on File, 1994.
Reference R 909.82 A734e
- Historical Dictionary of the 1950s. Ed. James S. Olson. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2000.
Reference R 973.92 O52h
- Historical Dictionary of the 1960s. Ed. James S. Olson. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1999.
Reference R 973.923 H673
- Historical Dictionary of the 1970s. Ed. James S. Olson. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1999.
Reference R 973.923 H6731
- John F. Kennedy: A Bibliography. Comp. James N. Giglio. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1995.
Reference R 016.973 K35g
- Margaret Thatcher: A Bibliography. Faysal Mikdadi. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1993.
Reference R 016.942 T367m
- United Nations
- Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements. Edmund Jan Osmaçzyk. 3rd ed. 4 vols. New York: Routledge, 2003.
Reference R 341.23 O99e
- Great Debates of the United Nations: An Encyclopedia of Fifty Key Issues, 1945-2000. Robert F. Gorman. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2001.
Reference R 341.23 G671g
- International Instruments of the United Nations: A Compilation of Agreements, Charters, Conventions, Declarations, Principles, Proclamations, Protocols, Treaties Adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations, 1945-1995. Comp. Irving Sarnoff. New York: United Nations, 1997.
Reference R 341.23 I61
- Key Resolutions of the United States General Assembly, 1946-1996. Ed. Dietrich Rauschning et al. New York: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1997.
Reference R 341.23 U581
- Vietnam
- The Columbia Guide to America in the 1960s. David Farber and Beth Bailey. New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 2001.
Reference R 973.923 C726
- The Columbia Guide to the Vietnam War. David L. Anderson. New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 2002.
Reference R 959.704 A546c
- Dictionary of the Vietnam War. Ed. James S. Olson. New York: Greenwood, 1988.
Reference R 959.7 D554
- Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War. Ed. Stanley I. Kutler. New York: Scribner's, 1996.
Reference R 959.704 E56
- Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History. Ed. Spencer C. Tucker. 3 vols. Santa Barbara, CA: 1998.
Reference R 959.704 E561
- Historical Dictionary of the Vietnam War. Edwin E. Moïse. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2001.
Reference R 959.704 M714h
- Historical Dictionary of Vietnam. Bruce Lockhart and William Duiker. 3rd ed. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2006.
Reference R 959.7 L816h
- The Vietnam War, an Almanac. Ed. John S. Bowman. New York: World Almanac, 1985.
Reference R 959.7 V666
Primary Sources
General Search Tools | Government Documents | Periodicals | Other Examples
- General Search Tools
- Library Catalog
To locate primary sources, do a keyword search and add one or more of the following words:
- sources
- correspondence
- diaries
- personal narratives
- pictorial works
For more details, see below.
- WorldCat
To locate primary sources, do a keyword search and add one or more of the following words:
- sources
- correspondence
- diaries
- personal narratives
- pictorial works
Note: Rare and archival materials cannot be borrowed on interlibrary loan. You can sometimes locate microfilm or microfiche copies of these documents in WorldCat; try doing an advanced search, enter your keywords or subject terms, and then apply a "subtype limit," choosing "Microform" as the format.
For more details, see below.
- Government Documents
- CIA Research Reports: The Soviet Union, 1946-1976 [microfilm]
Microfilm cabinet C-11
Guide: Reference R 016.947 L642s
Contains foreign intelligence memos, reports, and other documents prepared by the CIA for the President, National Security Council, and other agencies.
- Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files: The Soviet Union, 1945-1949 [microfilm]
Microfilm cabinet C-12
Guide: Reference R 016.947 L642g
- Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files: The Soviet Union, 1960-January 1963 [microfilm]
Microfilm cabinet C-12
Guide: Reference R 016.947 L642g 1960-1963
- Digital National Security Archive
Contains over 61,000 declassified U.S. government foreign policy documents dating from the mid to the late twentieth century. Includes:
- The CIA Family Jewels
- The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
- The Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited
- U.S. Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction
- U.S. Policy in the Vietnam War, Part I: 1954-1968
- U.S. Policy in the Vietnam War, Part II: 1969-1975
- ... and much more
These documents were obtained through the Freedom of Information Act and are drawn from the collections of the National Security Archive at George Washington University.
- Documentary History of the Truman Presidency. Ed. Dennis Merrill. 35 vols. Bethesda, MD: Univ. Publications of America, 1995- .
Little Library Stacks 973.918 D637
- Documents on Disarmament . Washington, DC: United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 1959- .
Government Information Stacks AC 1.11/2:960-
Library has: 1960, 1962-1963, 1965, 1968-1986
- Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports
(1974 to present) Provides English-language translations of selected foreign newspaper articles, broadcasts, and wire reports as well as government documents, technical reports, and conference proceedings from around the world.
- Foreign Relations of the United States. Washington, DC: U.S.G.P.O., 1861- .
Government Information Stacks S1.1 (Some volumes are online)
- The John F. Kennedy National Security Files, U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe, 1961-1963 [microfilm]
Microfilm cabinet C-17
- The John F. Kennedy National Security Files, Vietnam, 1961-1963 [microfilm]
Microfilm cabinet C-17
Guide: Reference R 016.9597 G946
- LexisNexis Congressional
Indexes congressional documents published from 1789 to the present.
Note: Most of the full-text documents in LexisNexis Congressional date from the late 1980s to the present. Many of the older documents indexed by LexisNexis Congressional can be found in the United States Congressional Serial Set.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an exclamation point
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use an asterisk *
- The Lyndon B. Johnson National Security Files: USSR and Eastern Europe [microfilm]
Microfilm cabinet C-19
- Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
Note: Some of the volumes of the first Bush administration and the Clinton administration are available online.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Government Information Stacks GS 4.113: 1928-1932 through GS 4.113: 1944-45
- Harry S. Truman
Government Information Stacks GS 4.113: 1945 through GS 4.113: 1952-1953
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Government Information Stacks GS 4.113: 1953 through GS 4.113: 1960-1961
- John F. Kennedy
Government Information Stacks GS 4.113: 1961 through GS 4.113: 1963
- Lyndon B. Johnson
Government Information Stacks GS 4.113: 1963-1964 through GS 4.113: 1968-69
- Richard M. Nixon
Government Information Stacks GS 4.113: 1969 through GS 4.113: 1974
- Gerald R. Ford
Government Information Stacks GS 4.113: 1974 through GS 4.113: 1976-1977
- Jimmy Carter
Government Information Stacks GS 4.113: 1977 through GS 4.113: 1980-1981
- Ronald Reagan
Government Information Stacks GS 4.113: 1981 through GS 4.113: 1988
- PAIS International
(1915 to present) Indexes journal articles, books, government documents, and conference papers in political science, public affairs, and economics.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: automatic
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States of America, 1776-1949. Comp. Charles I. Bevans. 13 vols. Washington, DC: U.S.G.P.O., 1968-1976.
Government Information Stacks S 9.12/2
- U.S. Congressional Serial Set
(1817-1980, but see note below) Contains the fully-searchable text of the Serial Set, a rich collection of primary source materials on all aspects of U.S. political, military, cultural, economic, ethnic, and social history. Includes U.S. Senate and House of Representatives reports, documents, and journals.
This collection is part of the Archive of Americana.
Note: this digital collection is not yet complete, but all volumes through the mid twentieth century have been digitized.
- U.S. Department of State Bulletin (later titled U.S. Department of State Dispatch)
Government Information Stacks S 1.3:2 (1946-1989)
Government Information Stacks S 1.3/5 (1990-1999)
Library has 1946-1999
1993-1999 are also available online.
- Periodicals
Magazines | Newspapers
- Other Examples
- British Documents on Foreign Affairs: Reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print, Part III, from 1940 through 1945. Ed. Paul Preston and Michael Partridge. Bethesda, MD: Univ. Publications of America, 1997-1999.
Little Library Folio (Oversize) F 327.42 B8622 pt. 3
Library has:
- Series B: Near and Middle East
- Series C: North America
- Series E: Asia
- British Documents on Foreign Affairs: Reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print, Part IV, from 1946 through 1950. Ed. D. Cameron Watt. Bethesda, MD: Univ. Publications of America, 1999- .
Little Library Folio (Oversize) F 327.42 B8622 pt. 4
Library has: Series C: North America
- Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
(c. 1935 to present) A collection of U.S. public opinion data. Includes:
- iPOLL
A database of 500,000 questions and answers from surveys conducted by over 150 commercial and media survey organizations, including the Gallup Organization, Harris Interactive, Pew Research Associates, and more.
- RoperExpress
A collection of data sets for bivariate and multivariate analyses.
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Library & Museum
Includes links to a number of online resources, including audio clips, oral histories, photographs, speeches, and National Security Action Memoranda.
- The United States & Castro's Cuba, 1950-1970: The Paterson Collection [microfilm]
Microfilm cabinet C-39
Guide: Reference R 016.327 U58
Secondary Sources
Books | Articles
- Books
- Library Catalog
Includes information about books, government documents, and journals, magazines, and newspapers in the Library. - To locate works about a person, do a subject search for the person's name (last name first).
- To locate bibliographies on a person or topic, do a keyword search and add the following: su bibliography.
- To locate appropriate Library of Congress Subject Headings, start with a keyword search and then browse records.
Useful subject headings include:
- Cold War
- Diplomacy
- Economic assistance American
- International relations
- United States foreign economic relations
- United States foreign relations
- United States foreign relations [country name]
- United States relations [country name]
- Vietnam War 1961-1975
- World politics
- World war 1939-1945
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use a dollar sign $
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- ebrary
A collection of over 38,000 e-books published by over 220 academic, trade, and professional publishers; covers all subject areas. Also includes tools that allow you to create your own virtual bookshelf, bookmark pages, and add and save notes and highlights.
Note: To read ebrary books, you need the ebrary Reader. This plugin is on all library and ITS computers, but if you are using your own computer, you can download it from the ebrary home page.
- WorldCat
Indexes books, periodicals, and other materials held by libraries around the world. Search WorldCat to identify additional books on your topic and then order the books on interlibrary loan.
Note: It can be helpful to identify relevant Library of Congress Subject Headings in the Library Catalog first; you can then do a subject search in WorldCat to find additional items with these subject headings.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: insert a "w" between the words in a phrase (for example, "cold w war")
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- Articles
Core Resources | Other Resources
- Core Resources
- America: History & Life and Historical Abstracts
(Time period covered: 1450 to present [world history]; prehistory to present [U.S. and Canadian history]. Publication coverage: 1954 to present). Indexes journal articles, book chapters, doctoral dissertations, and book reviews. (Each database can also be searched separately.)
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- PAIS International
(1915 to present) Indexes journal articles, books, government documents, and conference papers in political science, public affairs, and economics.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: automatic
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
(1975 to present) Indexes articles on a broad array of political science and international relations topics; international in scope.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: automatic
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- Other Resources
- EconLIT
(1969 to present ) Indexes articles from 326 journals; also lists doctoral dissertations, books, and conference proceedings. Areas covered include economic theory and history as well as international, regional, and urban economics.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: automatic
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- Essay & General Literature Index
(1900 to present) Indexes chapters and essays in edited collections.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
- Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?
- Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS) Online
(1935 to present) Indexes journal articles, books, book chapters, and conference papers covering topics related to Latin America; covers the fields of anthropology, archaeology, art, economics, geography, history, international relations, languages and literatures, music, philosophy, political science, and sociology.
- HAPI (Hispanic American Periodicals Index) Online
(1970 to present) Indexes journal articles, book reviews, and original literary works and covers the literature, history, culture, and politics of the Caribbean, Mexico, Central and South America, and the United States-Mexico border. Also covers works related to Hispanics in the United States.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: automatic
- Phrase searching: automatic.
- Humanities Abstracts
(1907 to present). Indexes articles in over 500 English-language journals in the fields of archaeology, art, classics, communication, film, folklore, history, languages and literatures, music, philosophy, religion, and theatre. Also includes citations for book, theatre, and film reviews as well as interviews, obituaries, and some original creative works. Includes the full text of selected articles from 1995 to the present.
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- Index Islamicus
(1906 to present) Indexes articles, conference papers, essays, and book reviews on Islam, the Middle East, and the Muslim world; also includes citations to books published since 1976 on Islamic topics.
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- JSTOR
Includes pdf copies of scholarly articles from a core collection of journals; also includes book reviews. Note:JSTOR does not contain articles from the most recent 3-5 years.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use a plus sign +
- Phrase searching: automatic
- Periodicals Index Online
(c. 1665-1995) Indexes journal and magazine articles as well as book reviews in a broad array of humanities, social sciences, and science subjects.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: automatic
- Project Muse
Contains full-text articles from journals published by university and scholarly presses.
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- Social Sciences Abstracts
(1907 to present) Indexes journal articles and some book reviews on all social sciences subjects, including history, political science, international relations, law, economics, area studies, gender studies, anthropology, psychology, and sociology.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
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