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America between the wars : from 11/9 to 9/11 : the misunderstood years between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the start of the War on Terror /

When the Berlin Wall collapsed and the Cold War ended on November 9, 1989, the West declared victory: democracy and free markets had prevailed and the United States emerged as the triumphant superpower. The tension that had defined a generation was over, and it seemed that peace was at hand. The nex...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chollet, Derek H.
Otros Autores: Goldgeier, James M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : BBS PublicAffairs, ©2008.
Edición:1st ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface: Between the wars
  • The lone superpower, adrift
  • Democrats unite
  • Wrong foot forward
  • Contract and crisis
  • Turning point
  • The indispensable nation in a globalizing world
  • "Remembering the past and imagining the future"
  • Liberal bombs, conservative shields
  • New world disorder
  • The end of the modern interwar years
  • The 11/9 world
  • From 11/9 to 9/11: a chronology.