Setting the stage for understanding u.s. foreign policy -- Unilateralism to engagement: the founding to the end of world war i, 1777-1920 -- From isolationism to superpower: the interwar years through world war ii, 1920-1945 -- The making of a superpower: cold war foreign policy, 1946-1980 -- The cold war and beyond: reagan through clinton, 1981-2000 -- George w. bush, 9/11, and the bush doctrine: a new direction for u.s. foreign policy?: 2000-2008 -- Obama and the future of u.s. foreign policy: current and future challenges, 2008 -- The future of u.s. foreign policy.