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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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
©2007.
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| Series: | H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | 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 ascent. In an analytic narrative that illuminates the past rather than indulges in political triumphalism, he provides crucial insights into the country's problematic place in the world today. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (404 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-385) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780807883419 0807883417 |