The American ascendancy [electronic resource] : how the United States gained and wielded global dominance / by Michael H. Hunt.
By: Hunt, Michael H.
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BookSeries: H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series: Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2007Description: 404 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Subject(s): Hegemony -- United States -- History | International relations -- History | Geopolitics | World history | United States -- Foreign relations -- 19th century | United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century | United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-2009Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 327.73009/04 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-385) and index.
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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