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The Short American Century : A Postmortem.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (296 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674064744
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Short American CenturyDDC classification:
  • 973.91
LOC classification:
  • E169
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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.

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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