03318nam 2200745 a 450 991045156880332120200520144314.00-8078-8341-7(CKB)1000000000487674(EBL)361346(OCoLC)174532023(SSID)ssj0000101917(PQKBManifestationID)11108556(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101917(PQKBWorkID)10043439(PQKB)10613282(SSID)ssj0000776881(PQKBManifestationID)12346597(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000776881(PQKBWorkID)10746707(PQKB)11208085(MiAaPQ)EBC361346(Au-PeEL)EBL361346(CaPaEBR)ebr10273409(CaONFJC)MIL930551(OCoLC)233577945(EXLCZ)99100000000048767420060828d2007 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe American ascendancy[electronic resource] how the United States gained and wielded global dominance /by Michael H. HuntChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20071 online resource (416 p.)H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8078-5963-X 0-8078-3090-9 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.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 howH. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series.HegemonyUnited StatesHistoryInternational relationsHistoryGeopoliticsWorld historyUnited StatesForeign relations19th centuryUnited StatesForeign relations20th centuryUnited StatesForeign relations2001-2009Electronic books.HegemonyHistory.International relationsHistory.Geopolitics.World history.327.73009/04Hunt Michael H538760MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451568803321The American ascendancy2239554UNINA