Background

Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign Relations. 4v. 1997

Includes articles on the history of relations between the U.S. and other countries and significant events regarding American foreign policy. Accompanying bibliographies provide suggestions for further reading.

Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy. 3v. 2001

Includes topics such as Arms Control and Disarmament, Cold War, Congressional Power, Embargos and Sanctions, Globalization, Immigration, International Law, Narcotics Policy, Oil, Post-Cold War Policy, Propaganda, Realism and Idealism, and Vietnam War and Its Impact.

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Shelved in the 5th floor stacks

This series begins with Robert R. Livingston, who served as Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the Continental Congress from 1781 - 1783, to Cyrus Vance, who served as Secretary of State from 1977 - 1980 under President Jimmy Carter. Each volume is enhanced by notes that reference primary sources and a topical index.

U.S. Presidents and Foreign Policy From 1789 to the Present . 2007.

Overview articles tracing each president's role in foreign policy from their early life and political (or military) career and concluding with their legacy. Each article is accompanied by a chronology, which will assist in identifying primary sources, as well as a brief list of secondary sources.

Accompanied by a small collection of primary sources, a Chronology of the Foreign Relations of the United States, and an index.

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Historical Encyclopedia of U.S. Presidential Use of Force, 1789 - 2000. 2001

Major topics covered include the Constitution , Congress, ethics, the media, public opinion, democratic peace, Yugoslavia, and multilateralism. "Regional essays on the use of force short of war focus on Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, Asia, the Middle East/North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa." - from the book introduction-

American Foreign Relations Since 1600: A Guide to the Literature. 2nd ed. 2 vols. 2003

Annotated list of resources published by the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. Includes U.S. document collections, personal papers, bibliographies, historiography and biographies for a time period as well as overviews of relations between the U.S. and other countries and regions.

References include books and some journal articles. To determine if any of the items that you find are available in the Cook Library or another USM library, check the Towson and/or USMAI Catalog or for journal availability from the Cook Library home page under FIND ARTICLES, click on By Journal Title.

U.S. Foreign Policy: Information Resources [Lehman Library, Columbia U] http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/lehman/guides/foreign.html

Guide to resources for researching American foreign policy. Lists sources of background information, research guides & bibliographies, U.S. executive agencies, and research institutes. Directs reader to primary and secondary sources of information, including books and Web sites. Annotations accompany most items.
Check the TU Catalog if you want to see if Cook Library owns an item listed on this site.

United States Foreign Policy [UMich Library Documents Center] http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/forpol.html

Guide to resources for researching American foreign policy. Lists sources of background information, research guides and sources of international and U.S. perspectives.
Some of the topics covered include military, peace networks, treaties, intelligence community, trade & development, and UN mission. Includes annotations of resources.
Check the TU Catalog if you want to see if Cook Library owns an item listed on this site.

American Foreign Relations since 1600: A Guide to the Literature. 2v. 2003

See Chapter 14: United States, World War I, and the Peace Settlement, 1914-1920. This resource provides a list of resource materials including books and journal articles arranged by topic. An excellent place to start your research on the effect of the war on U.S. foreign policy. Sections on Wilsonian foreign policy, economic policy, American neutrality, American belligerency, relations with Russia, the Paris Peace Conference, reparations issues and the formation of the League of Nations.

Researching World War I: A Handbook. 2003

See Chapter 11: United States for a background article and bibliography that focuses on the United State's involvement in World War I

American Foreign Relations since 1600: A Guide to the Literature. 2v. 2003

See Chapter 18: United States and Wartime Diplomacy, 1941-1945. This resource provides a list of resource materials including books and journal articles arranged by topic. An excellent place to start your research on the effect of the war on U.S. foreign policy. Sections on defense, intelligence, interaction of Allies, relations with other countries, major wartime and postwar issues, decolonization, atomic bomb and nuclear weapons.

Oxford Companion to World War II. 1995

See the chapter on the USA for a backgrounder on the United States' involvement in World War II.

Cold War, 1945 -1991. 3v. 1992

Includes biographies of important figures, and articles on major events, ideas, and themes associated with the Cold War between the United States and communist nations. Each entry is accompanied by a list of additional readings and cross references to related articles.

Encyclopedia of the Cold War. 1994

Articles on people, places, events associated with the Cold War. Bibliography arranged by world region.

Cold War Reference Guide. 1997

Articles arranged in four sections: General History; Highlights; Chronologies; and Prominent Figures. Some of the topics include containment, massive retaliation, detente, the bomb, McCarthyism, Berlin, Cuban missile crisis, Vietnam, and the CIA/FBI. Selected bibliography and index.

Chronology of the Cold War: 1917 - 1992. 2006

Entries arranged chronologically with an explanation of the event with cross references to related dates. Alphabetical index listing names, events, and topics. Extensive bibliography arranged by time period and subtopics within each time period.

Center for the Study of Intelligence
http://www.odci.gov/csi/studies.html

• Browse through issues of the Studies in Intelligence: Journal of the American Intelligence Professional, which Includes articles on people, events, and commentaries on declassified materials written by scholars, diplomats and government officials, OR
• To look for articles specifically related to the Cold War, try searching, using a strategy such as Search in: Studies in Intelligence Articles with the keyword Cold War or other more specific terms.
  

Cold War International History Project [CWIHP] (Woodrow Wilson Center)
http://wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1409&fuseaction=topics.home

• Provides access to primary sources on the Cold War from the U.S. and former Communist bloc countries.
• Over 50 collections that focus on events, regions, and themes such as the origins and end of the Cold War, Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Intelligence Operations, and the Sino-Soviet Split.
• Browse by topic or geographic region or search by a specific topic.

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1945-1950, Emergence of the Intelligence Establishment
http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/history/intel/index.html

"Includes high-level governmental plans, discussions, administrative decisions, and managerial actions that established institutions and procedures for the central coordination of intelligence collection and analysis and covert action. Documents the advice, actions, and initiatives of principals and groups in other departments and agencies, who helped to lay the foundations for the centralized intelligence bureaucracy. " - from the site

Encyclopedia of United States National Security. 2 v. 2006

Topics covering: Armed Forces and Other Defenders; Alliances, Pacts, & Treaties;Armaments & Weapons Systems; Concepts & Theories; Decision Makers; Key Events; Movements; Military Hardware; Military & Nonmilitary Strategy; Organizations, Institutions & Groups; Places; Politics & Policy; Special Populations; Technology; Wars & Warfare. Brief list of references with each article, as well as a selected bibliography and timeline.

Center for the Study of Intelligence
http://www.odci.gov/csi/index.html

Provides electronic access to publications and reviews of publications that focus on U.S. intelligence.

Center for Strategic & International Studies
http://www.csis.org/

One of this organization's areas of focus is U.S. defense policy and international security.

Terrorism: A Documentary History. 2003

Includes government reports and directives, speeches, news articles and legal documents that provide historical significance and context regarding the development of U.S. policy towards terrorism.

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
http://www.9-11commission.gov/

Provides access to the report of The Commission and other related documents, which serve as background regarding the need for policy change.

Brookings Project on Terrorism and American Foreign Policy
http://www.brookings.edu/terrorism/
"The project will present an ongoing series of briefings on various aspects of the crisis, analytical publications ranging from short 2,000-word papers to full-length books, and a large and growing website containing background resources, full texts of relevant government documents, and archived video, audio, and printed transcripts of Brookings events." -as quoted from the Web site-

U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/index.cfm

• Includes documents from 1998 to date
• Documents from 1990-1997 available through U.S. Department of State Electronic Archives at University of Illinois at Chicago
• U.S. Department of State Dispatch
  • Available online from 1993 - 1999
• Continues the Department of State Bulletin and is available in hardcopy in the periodical stacks on the 2nd floor of Cook Library, 1990 - 1999

Department of State Bulletin. 1946 - 1989

• Available in the periodical stacks on the 2nd floor of Cook Libary.

Search the Office of the Historian site for links to:

• Principal Officers of the Department and U.S. Chiefs of Mission - 1778 - up to 2 years ago
  • Indexed by country and by official
• Visits to the U.S. by Foreign Heads of State and Government - 1874 - up to 1 year ago
  • Arranged by year
• Presidents and Secretaries of State Foreign Travels - 1906 - up to 2 years ago
  • Search by president, secretary, or destination
• Timeline of U.S. Diplomatic History - 1776 - 1889
  • Accompanied by brief articles with suggested readings
• Additional governement sites that provide historical information and the Presidential libraries

The White House: Policies in Focus
http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/

Check sections on Foreign Affairs and National Security. Includes recent news releases and speeches.

On Microfilm
2nd floor

Presidential Papers on Microfilm [Series]

This microfilm series is located on the 2nd floor of Cook Library in filing cabinets near the Periodicals Desk. The call numbers range from E300 - E750. Included are the following presidents:

• Arthur, Chester Alan Papers 1843-1938
• Cleveland, Grover Papers 1828-1945
• Coolidge, Calvin Papers 1921-1929
• Grant, Ulysses S. Papers 1844-1922
• Harrison, William Henry Papers 1734-1939
• Jackson, Andrew Papers 1775-1856
• Johnson, Andrew Papers 1814-1900
• Lincoln, Abraham Papers 1833-1916
• Madison, James Papers 1674-1859
• McKinley, William Papers 1847-1902
• Monroe, James Papers 1758-1839
• Pierce, Franklin Papers 1820-1869
• Taylor, Zachary Papers 1814-1931
• Tyler, John Papers 1710-1918
• Washington, George Papers 1741-1799

NARA Presidential Libraries and Museum Page
http://www.archives.gov/presidential-libraries/index.html

Provides links to U.S. Presidential libraries, which provide selected primary sources. Also explains various types of presidential documents and how they can be useful in your research. Don't miss the Presidential Documents Guide, which describes the content of the various presidential materials that are available online.

In the Diplomacy and Foreign Policy section of this site, you will find links to other primary sources such as the U.S. State Department publications, including many of the volumes of Foreign Relations of the U.S. (FRUS) published since 1945. Series presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity. Online volumes drawn from the Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon/Ford administrations.
University of Wisconsin Libraries provides electronic access and keyword searching to a substantial run of those volumes published between 1861-1960.

Cook Library also owns print copies of Foreign Relations of the U.S. from 1861 to date. These can be found on the 5th floor of the library with the call number KZ233 U55.

Shelved in the 5th floor stacks

Documents on American Foreign Relations. 1938 - 1970
[World Peace Foundation/Council on Foreign Relations]

Collection of documents selected for their significance to U.S. foreign relations. Published annually. Not limited to U.S. government sources. Documents are accompanied by introductory historical essays in the later volumes.

American Foreign Relations, published from 1971-1978 continues the set.

Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy [Yale Law School]
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm

Provides full text access to primary sources with a focus on the history of U.S. foreign relations. Keyword searchable. Documents range from the 17th century to date.

National Security Archives
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/

Provides electronic access to declassified documents from the U.S. government dealing with U.S. involvement in Latin America, Asia, Middle East, Russia and Eastern Europe. Also includes sections on Intelligence Policy and Nuclear History.

CIA Electronic Reading Room
http://www.foia.cia.gov/

Provides electronic access to declassified documents from the CIA published by the National Intelligence Council. Search by keyword. Browse by region or by topics including military, economic, science & technology, strategic & nuclear, and transnational threat.
These collections focus on China, Vietnam, and the former Soviet Union.

Also indexes Declassified National Intelligence Estimates, which are accessible by permission at the National Archives Building in College Park, MD. NIEs are "authoritative" statements that reflect on what will happen in the future regarding issues that affect national security. Included in the collections are analyses on free world countries written between 1946 - 1950 and the USSR from 1950 - 1993.

American Foreign Policy from WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources http://www2.etown.edu/vl/amforpol.html

Annotated list of Web sites from mostly research institues and think tanks that cover topics relevant to American foreign policy.

Brookings Institute: Foreign Policy Studies
http://www.brookings.edu/fp/fp_hp.htm

Provides analyses of U.S. Foreign Policy. Current areas of focus include: Established and Emerging Powers; Redefining Security; Politics, Economics, Security; and Adapting Institutions.

Council on Foreign Relations: A Nonpartisan Source for Information and Analysis
http://www.cfr.org/region/442/north_america.html

• Search for information on issues that affect the development of American foreign policy. Search by issue, region, or type of publication.
• CFR publishes daily analyses, region/issue briefs, backgrounders, interviews, journal articles, and podcasts.
• Search Critical Policy Choices for possible alternative policies regarding major issues such as climate change, national security, military, humanitarian intervention, and U.S. Trade Policy.

Foreign Policy in Focus: A Think Tank Without Walls
http://www.fpif.org/

Provides analyses of U.S. foreign policy and international affairs by policy analysts and advocates, including sections on military, drug control, human rights, environment, global governance, and women. Also searchable by geographic region.

Foundation for Defense of Democracies [FDD]
http://www.defenddemocracy.org/

"...nonpartisan policy institute dedicated exclusively to promoting pluralism, defending democratic values, and fighting the ideologies that drive terrorism. " - from the Website
One of their areas of focus is policy research.

Publishes editorials, analyses, backgrounders, policy briefs, whitepapers on various topics with a heavy focus on terrorism and human rights. Includes sections on Arabic democracy, Syria, and Egypt. Articles are written by academicians, experts, journalists, members of Congress, former government officials, but it also draws from international news sources.

Online Databases & Indexes

The following online databases, which index primarily secondary, but some primary sources, are available only through the Cook Library Web site. From off campus, it is recommended that you click on Research Port. You will need to access them using your 14-digit Library ID on the front of your Towson University OneCard.

Academic Search, Social Sciences Abstracts, Military & Government Collection [Ebsco]
Available through Cook Library Web site under Find Articles, By Database Title.

• Go into one of these databases and once in it, click on to select the other databases. Click on Continue to search all three databases together.
• Search for citations, abstracts and some full text articles from magazines and journals in various disciplines including Political Science, Law, International Relations, and History.
• Academic Search indexes scholarly (peer-reviewed) journals, news magazines, and the New York Times
• Social Sciences Abstracts indexes a broad selection of journals in the Social Sciences
• Military & Government Collection indexes publications like FDCH Political Transcripts, Press Releases, & Congressional Testimony and Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents

LexisNexis Academic
Available through Cook Library Web site under Find Articles, By Database Title. Click on LexisNexis Academic. Once in the database, click on General News Search: and then

• Select General News, and then Major Papers to search for articles in newspapers around the U.S. and world
• Select News Transcripts, and then Political Transcripts to search for speeches, news conferences, briefings, and policy statements by U.S. government officials and others

New York Times Historical 1851-2001
New York Times to date

Provides full text and full image of all articles.
Current New York Times articles are available through both LexisNexis Academic and National Newspapers databases.

America: History and Life

Indexes articles from scholarly journals in social, polical, and economic history. Content focus is on the United States and Canada, covering the time period from 1450 to present. Some of the articles indexed are available electronically or in print through Cook Library.

JSTOR.

Search and access the full text of 450 major scholarly journals in all disciplines from their first issue up to four years ago. Coverage complements the more current coverage of the EBSCO databases, America History & Life, and Historical Abstracts.

Palmer's Index to the Times Newspaper (London). 1785-

The Times of London is available on microfilm in the Periodicals Room on the 2nd floor of Cook Library.

International Index to Periodicals, Devoted Chiefly to Humanities and Science. 1907- 1964.

• Indexes scholarly/professional journals
• Continued by Social Sciences & Humanities Index 1966 - 1974 [Ref A13 S6]
• Continued by Social Sciences Index 1974 -1997. [Ref A13 S611]

Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature . 1900 - 1997.

• Indexes general interest and news magazines, as well as Department of State Bulletin, Congressional Digest, and Vital Speeches of the Day
• Continues Poole's Index to Periodical Literature 1890 - 1899 [Ref A13 P7]