A sense of power : the roots of America's global role / John A. Thompson.
A sense of power : the roots of America's global role / John A. Thompson.
A sense of power : the roots of America's global role / John A. Thompson.
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Ithaca and London : Cornell University Press, 2015.
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G 2017/6424
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English
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Physical content
xiv, 343 pages ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
A new sense of power -- Advance and retreat, 1914-1920 -- A restrained superpower, 1920-1938 -- Lessening restraint, 1938-1941 -- Full-scale involvement, 1941-1945 -- Assuming "the responsibilities of power," 1945-1952.
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Ithaca and London : Cornell University Press, 2015.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2015.
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Summary
Why has the United States assumed so extensive and costly a role in world affairs over the last hundred years? The two most common answers to this question are "because it could" and "because it had to." Neither answer will do, according to this challenging re-assessment of the way that America came to assume its global role. The country's vast eco...
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A sense of power : the roots of America's global role / John A. Thompson.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2017/6424
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74VKVGJe5k4b
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVGJe5k4b
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ISBN
0801447895
9780801447891 (cloth ; alk. paper)
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327.7300904
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991024151917402626
