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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451568803321

Autore

Hunt Michael H

Titolo

The American ascendancy [[electronic resource] ] : how the United States gained and wielded global dominance / / by Michael H. Hunt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2007

ISBN

0-8078-8341-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (416 p.)

Collana

H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series

Disciplina

327.73009/04

Soggetti

Hegemony - United States - History

International relations - History

Geopolitics

World history

Electronic books.

United States Foreign relations 19th century

United States Foreign relations 20th century

United States Foreign relations 2001-2009

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-385) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

What road did Americans travel to reach global preeminence? Taking the long historical view, 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. Hunt examines how the United States remade great power relations, fashioned limits for the third world, and shaped our current international economic and cultural order. He concludes by addressing current issues, such as how