International Relations: American Foreign Policy
U.S. Government Resources
Department of State
- U.S. Embassy - Websites of U.S. Embassies, Consulates, Diplomatic Missions, and Offices Providing Consular Services.
- DOS Reports and Publications
- Countries Guide - Historical information on U.S. relations with states around the world. From the Office of the Historian.
- National Museum of American Diplomacy
- DOS Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room - View released documents from the Department of State.
Department of Defense
- DOD Publications
- DOD Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room - View documents which have been previously released through the OSD/JS FOIA Office.
Central Intelligence Agency
- CIA Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room - View documents released through the FOIA and other CIA release programs.
U.S. Executive Branch Resources
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JFK’s Foreign Affairs and International Crises, 1961-1963 This link opens in a new windowNational security files and other papers from the John F. Kennedy administration, with information and Kennedy's opinions on foreign affairs, international events, and organizations like NATO.
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Johnson Administration and Foreign Affairs This link opens in a new windowPolicies, memos, recommendations, and other documents from the Lyndon Johnson administration, especially regarding the Vietnam War.
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Nixon Administration and Foreign Affairs This link opens in a new windowFiles created during the Nixon administration by the White House and the National Security Council, covering foreign affairs, especially in China, Vietnam, and the Soviet Union.
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Ford Administration and Foreign Affairs This link opens in a new windowDocuments from the Gerald Ford administration (1974-1977) on foreign affairs, including files on east Asian nations and correspondence with foreign leaders.
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Carter Administration and Foreign Affairs This link opens in a new windowMemos, letters, and other documentation from the Carter administration and earlier (1972-1981) pertaining to foreign policy.
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George H. W. Bush and Foreign Affairs: Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Reunification of Germany This link opens in a new windowDocuments from the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library chronicling the reunification of Germany and the events leading up to and following it, as well as their effects on U.S.-German relations in the 1980s and early 1990s.
Other Sources
- Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States from the University of Michigan Digital Library
- University of California at Santa Barbara American Presidency Project
- Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) - presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity.
American Foreign Policy Resources
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U.S. Intelligence on Asia, 1945-1991 This link opens in a new windowDeclassified documents from U.S. intelligence agencies during the Cold War concerning east and southeast Asia and the Pacific, covering the People’s Republic of China, North Korea, North Vietnam, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia.
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U.S. Intelligence on the Middle East, 1945-2009 This link opens in a new windowDeclassified documents from U.S. intelligence agencies concerning the Middle East and north Africa, covering the end of World War II until the War on Terror and Iraq War.
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Wilson Center Digital Archive This link opens in a new windowDeclassified documents from the U.S. government and international governments on international relations and diplomacy, with a particular focus on the Cold War, Korea, and nuclear proliferation.
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Asian Studies This link opens in a new windowArchival materials from the U.S. State Department on events in east and southeast Asian history.
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National Security Archive Virtual Reading RoomFounded in 1985 by journalists and scholars to check rising government secrecy, the National Security Archive combines a unique range of functions: investigative journalism center, research institute on international affairs, library and archive of declassified U.S. documents ("the world's largest nongovernmental collection" according to the Los Angeles Times), leading non-profit user of the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, public interest law firm defending and expanding public access to government information, global advocate of open government, and indexer and publisher of former secrets.
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Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and DiplomacyFrom Yale Univ. Law Library
Collection Highlights
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Bipartisanship and US Foreign Policy
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In an era of ever-increasing polarization in the US Congress, American foreign policy remains marked by frequent bipartisanship. -
American Presidents in Diplomacy and War
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Chronicles the major foreign policy crises faced by twelve American presidents in order to uncover the reoccurring patterns of successful and less successful uses of diplomatic, economic, and military power. -
The Art of War in an Age of Peace
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An informed modern plan for post-2020 American foreign policy that avoids the opposing dangers of retrenchment and overextension. -
American Diplomacy's Public Dimension
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This is the first book to frame U.S. public diplomacy in the broad sweep of American diplomatic practice from the early colonial period to the present. -
Arts of Power
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In this comprehensive treatment, distinguished diplomat Chas Freeman describes the fundamental principles of the art of statecraft and the craft of diplomacy.
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