Donduran, Can2021-08-272021-08-272021Donduran, C. (2021). Commissioned Book Review: Robert B. Zoellick, America in the World: A History of US Diplomacy and Foreign Policy.1478-92991478-9302https://doi.org/10.1177/14789299211031858https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12713/2009Since the field has been thoroughly treated, studying US diplomatic history is a challeng ing task itself, a challenge that Robert Zoellick does not hesitate to take on. As a seasoned dip lomat and the former President of the World Bank, Zoellick’s book offers a commanding narrative and detailed history of American diplomacy. If ‘history is the memory of the states’, as wisely stated by Kissinger (1973: 331), this book, with all its controversial assumptions, is a bold attempt to shift the foundations of America’s diplomatic memory.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessReview ArticleWOS:000684651700001Q210.1177/14789299211031858