The American ascendancy : how the United States gained and wielded global dominance /
A simple question lurks amid the considerable controversy created by recent U.S. policy: what road did Americans travel to reach their current global preeminence? Taking the long historical view, Michael Hunt demonstrates that wealth, confidence, and leadership were key elements to America's as...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
©2007.
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Colección: | H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Nineteenth-century foundations
- Grand projects, 1898-1920
- The American way in a fragmenting world, 1921-1940
- Reaching for geopolitical dominance, 1941-1968
- In the American image, 1941-1968
- The Third-World challenge, 1941-1968
- Disoriented giant, 1968-1991
- The neoliberal triumph, 1991-
- Conclusion: Hegemony in question.