TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bacevich,Andrew J.
AU  - Frieden,Jeffry A.
AU  - Iriye,Akira
AU  - Rosenberg,Emily S.
AU  - Singh,Nikhil Pal
AU  - LaFeber,Walter
AU  - Lears,T.J.Jackson
AU  - Kennedy,David M.
AU  - McCarraher,Eugene
TI  - The Short American Century: A Postmortem
SN  - 9780674064744
AV  - E169 
U1  - 973.91 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Luce, Henry R.,-1898-1967.-American century
KW  - Civilization, Modern-American influences
KW  - National characteristics, American
KW  - Politics and culture-United States
KW  - Social values-United States-History-20th century
KW  - United States-Civilization-20th century
KW  - United States-Economic conditions-20th century
KW  - United States-Foreign relations-20th century
KW  - United States-Social conditions-20th century
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- 1. Life at the Dawn of the American Century - Andrew J. Bacevich -- 2. The Origins and Uses of American Hyperpower - David M. Kennedy -- 3. Consuming the American Century - Emily S. Rosenberg -- 4. The Problem of Color and Democracy - Nikhil Pal Singh -- 5. Pragmatic Realism versus the American Century -  J. Jackson Lears -- 6. Toward Transnationalism - Akira Iriye -- 7. From the American Century to Globalization - Jeffry A. Frieden -- 8. Illusions of an American Century - Walter LaFeber -- 9. The Heavenly City of Business - Eugene McCarraher -- 10. Not So Different After All - Andrew J. Bacevich -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Index
N2  - In February 1941, Henry Luce announced the arrival of "The American Century." But that century-extending from World War II to the recent economic collapse-has now ended, victim of strategic miscalculation, military misadventures, and economic decline. Here some of America's most distinguished historians place the century in historical perspective
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