The Color of Empire: Race and American Foreign Relations (Issues in the History of American Foreign Relations)
“Michael Krenn’s book offers us a very good introduction to an important issue.”—Strategic Studies Quarterly, Summer 2008“Michael Krenn provides us with a fine introduction to the ways in which race-based understanding of humanity has colored American views of non-white peoples . . . .He is well-versed in his field and is able to apply his knowledge in a fashion that is both engaging and readable.”—Strategic Studies Quarterly, July 2007"The Color of Empireis a scholarly analysis well suited to college-level collections strong in either ethnic studies or political history. . . .no college-level holding on either international studies or social studies should be without it."—Midwest Book Review“Krenn’s scholarship is altogether informed and authoritative.  This is a first-rate book and one that is sorely needed.”—Jonathan Rosenberg, author ofHow Far the Promised Land? World Affairs and the American Civil Rights Movement from the First World War to Vietnam"Race and empire have long been two central themes in American history. But only in the past fifteen years has an entire new field of scholarship emerged that links U.S. foreign policy to domestic American race relations. Michael Krenn’s well-crafted and very readable new book,The Color of Empire, offers the best brief introduction to this new historical literature."—Prof. Thomas Borstelmann, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and author ofThe Cold War and the Color Line"The Color of Empireis an appealing introduction to a key aspect of American history. Michael Krenn has produced a concise and highly readable text on race as an integral part of the making of U.S. foreign policy."—Prof. Brenda Gayle Plummer, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and author ofRising Wind: Black Americans and U.S. Foreign Affairs, 1935-1960