{<br > AMERICAN FoREIG¶¢PoLICY£¬PRESENT TO PAST<br > A Narrative with Readings and Documents£®<br > EditedÒ×y Lloyd C£®Gardner ¡¯<br > Presidents make foreign polic£¬£¬decisions using history as their<br > chief counsellor£®Critics need a¡°usable"past to supply answers<br > and refutations£®Both must reach back from the present for prece¡¤<br >dents an d justifications to support meir view of the world and to<br > explain their goals to others£®Now£¬the events leading to the major<br > foreign policy decision¡ósince¡£World War II have been re¡ªfocused<br >¡ªthe perspective is from the present£®<br > AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY£¬PRESENT To PAST<br > begins with former President Nixon¡£S startling move toward<br > d6tente£¬when he announced to the world in February£¬1972£º<br >¡°¡we deal with individual nations on the basis of their foreign£¬<br >and not their domestic policy£®¡¯-<br > Using speeches¡£dialogue，articles and memos£¬the history of the<br > United States foreign policy dramatically unfolds£®The events that<br > moved the United States from containment to d6tente are traced<br >һл³¡the tensions mounting and failing as crucial decisions are<br > debated and final outcomeS deteæ©ined£®A fascinating history of<br > our time£® _ Ò»<br >