The American ascendancy : how the United States gained and wielded global dominance /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hunt, Michael H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2007.
Series:H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series.
Subjects:
1800 - 2009
Hegemony > United States > History.
International relations > History.
Geopolitics.
World history.
Hégémonie > États-Unis > Histoire.
Géopolitique.
Histoire universelle.
geopolitics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Hegemony > History. > United States.
Diplomatic relations
Geopolitics
Hegemony
International relations
World history
United States > Foreign relations > 19th century.
United States > Foreign relations > 20th century.
United States > Foreign relations > 2001-2009.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 19e siècle.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 20e siècle.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 2001-2009.
United States > Foreign relations > 2001-
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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