The American ascendancy : how the United States gained and wielded global dominance / by Michael H....
The American ascendancy : how the United States gained and wielded global dominance / by Michael H....
The American ascendancy : how the United States gained and wielded global dominance / by Michael H. Hunt.
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Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2007.
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N327.73/ 592
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English
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p. cm.
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, 1...
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Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2007.
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North Carolina
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c2007.
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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 ascent. In an analytic narrative that illuminates the pa...
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The American ascendancy : how the United States gained and wielded global dominance / by Michael H. Hunt.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N327.73/ 592
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74VKOkOplwWd
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9780807830901 (cloth : alk. paper)
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327.7300904
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991022584579702626
