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Now Available: Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977-1980, Volume XII, Afghanistan

This volume is part of a Foreign Relations subseries that documents the most important foreign policy issues of the Jimmy Carter administration. The focus of this volume is on the Carter administration’s approach to events in Afghanistan during the buildup of the Soviet Union’s presence in that country beginning in early 1978 and culminating in the large scale invasion of Soviet troops at the end of 1979. Officials in the Carter administration regarded Soviet actions as among the most flagrant violations of international norms during the Cold War. The volume is arranged chronologically, with the majority of documents concentrated around the crisis period during the lead-up to the invasion, and during the aftermath, when the Carter administration formulated a range of policy responses to challenge the Soviet Union’s domination of Afghanistan.

Now Available: Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977–1980, Volume XXIV, South America; Latin America Region

This volume documents the broad and unpredictable impact that the Jimmy Carter administration's emphasis on human rights had on U.S. relations with South American nations, as well as efforts to balance human rights concerns with other regional issues, such as territorial disputes, non-proliferation, and trade.

Now Available: Foreign Relations of the United States, 1917-1972, Volume VII, Public Diplomacy, 1964-1968

This volume documents the efforts of the Lyndon B. Johnson administration to craft public diplomacy and information policy during the middle period of the Cold War. A major emphasis is on the various ways the United States Information Agency (USIA) presented U.S. foreign policy objectives to global audiences during a time of great social upheaval within the United States, particularly during the Civil Rights movement.