The rise and decline of the American 'empire' : power and its limits in comparative perspective /
"The Rise and Decline of the American 'Empire' explores the rapidly growing literature on the rise and fall of the United States. The author argues that after 1945 the US has definitely been the most dominant power the world has seen and that it has successfully met the challenges fro...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
---|---|
Autor principal: | |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2012.
|
Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: The rise and fall of great powers
- Part I. Power. America's position
- America's challengers
- War, realism, and power transitions
- Expansion
- Part II. The limits of power. The impotence of omnipotence
- The long lines of history
- Visions and defeats
- Conclusion.