Foreign Relationsof the United States
An essential tool for understanding the international relations of the United States.
The Foreign Relations of the United States database presents the official documentary historical record ofmajor U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity. Produced by the State Department’s
Office of the Historian, the series is comprised of more than 3,600 volumes containing invaluable historicalinformation. HeinOnline’s image-based, fully-searchable, and easy-to-use interface provides an excellent
platform to access exact replicas of the print volumes without using valuable shelf space in your library.
The series began in 1861 during Abraham Lincoln’s administration, under the title of Papers Relating tothe Foreign Relations of the United States, and continued through Jimmy Carter in 1980. In 1947, thetitle changed to Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers. Finally, in 1969, the name wasshortened to its present form, Foreign Relations of the United States.
The Foreign Relations volumes contain documents from various presidential libraries, the Departmentsof State and Defense, the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Agency forInternational Development, and other foreign affairs agencies as well as the private papers of individuals
involved in formulating U.S. foreign policy. Additional resources, including books and comprehensive
coverage of the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 22 (Foreign Relations) are also included.

“America...goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independenceof all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own. She will commend the general cause by the countenanceof her voice, and the benignant sympathy of her example.”-John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States

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HISTORY OF U.S. FOREIGN RELATIONS
The official goals of United States foreign policy are described by the U.S. Department of State as being “to createa more secure, democratic, and prosperous world for the benefit of the American people and the international
community.” Over time, this approach to foreign relations has been the subject of much debate, criticism and praiseboth domestically and abroad.
American foreign relations first emerged on the world stage with the “Olive Branch Policy,” an attempt on the partof the newly formed United States to reconcile with Great Britain during the American Revolution. At the conclusionof the war, the newly established country increased its trade and political relations with various nations abroad, andthus America’s international policy began to take shape.
Numerous defining moments in American foreign relations have occurred in various stages of its diplomatic history.
From the Monroe Doctrine in 1823 that proclaimed European powers could no longer colonize or interfere with theaffairs of the newly independent nations of the Americas, to the conclusion of World War I which saw the return to“isolationist” policies, and the Cold War which focused on “containment,” America quickly became and continues tobe a major player in world affairs.
Today, the United States has economic and diplomatic interests in every region of the globe. As of 2019, only four
nations do not have formal diplomatic relationships with the U.S.: Bhutan, North Korea, Syria, and Iran. Because theUnited States is one of the largest diplomatic presences of any nation in the world, its foreign relations with othercountries will continue to be one of the most critical topics in media and politics across the globe.

NOTABLE WORKS INCLUDE:
In addition to the expansive Foreign Relations of the United States series, the HeinOnline Foreign Relations of theUnited States database includes more than 1,300 related titles, including:• American Foreign Policy Current Documents
23v. Washington: U.S. Department of State, 1956-1991• United States and Russia: The Beginning of Relations, 1765-1815
1v. Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1980
Bashkina, Nina N.; et al., Editors• Documents on Germany, 1944-1985
1v. Washington, D. C.: U.S. Dept. of State, Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, 1985
• Emerging Nation: A Documentary History of the Foreign Relations of the United States under the Articles ofConfederation, 1780-1789
3v. Washington: National Historical Publications and Records Commission, 1996
Giunta, Mary A.; et al., Editors• American Foreign Policy Basic Documents, 1950-1955
2v. Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1957

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