U.S. Foreign relations, vol. 2, The American century and beyond: 1893-2015
In: The Oxford history of the United States
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In: The Oxford history of the United States
In: The Oxford history of the United States Vol. 1
v. 1. Years of peril and ambition, U.S. foreign relations, 1776-1921 -- v. 2. The American century and beyond, U.S. foreign relations, 1893-2014
In: The Oxford history of the United States
In: Oxford history of the United States
In his last years as president of the United States, an embattled George Washington yearned for a time when his nation would have "the strength of a Giant and there will be none who can make us afraid." At the turn of the twentieth century, the United States seemed poised to achieve a position of world power beyond what even Washington could have imagined. In The American Century and Beyond: U.S. Foreign Relations, 1893-2014, the second volume of a new split paperback edition of the award-winning From Colony to Superpower, George C. Herring recounts the rise of the United States from the dawn of what came to be known as the American Century. This fast-paced narrative tells a story of stunning successes and tragic failures, illuminating the central importance of foreign relations to the existence and survival of the nation. Herring shows how policymakers defined American interests broadly to include territorial expansion, access to growing markets, and the spread of the "American way of life." He recounts the United States' domination of the Caribbean and Pacific, its decisive involvement in two world wars, and the eventual victory in the half-century Cold War that left it, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the world's lone superpower. But the unipolar moment turned out to be stunningly brief. Since the turn of the twenty-first century, conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq and the emergence of nations such as Brazil, Russia, India, and China have left the United States in a position that is uncertain at best. A new chapter brings Herring's sweeping narrative up through the Global War on Terror to the present.
In: The Oxford history of the United States
In: Contemporary American history series
In: Diplomatic history, Band 41, Heft 2, S. 233-234
ISSN: 1467-7709
In: Journal of Cold War studies, Band 13, Heft 1, S. 226-228
ISSN: 1531-3298
In: The Columbia History of the Vietnam War
In: Diplomatic history, Band 31, Heft 3, S. 397-400
ISSN: 1467-7709
In: Journal of Cold War studies, Band 6, Heft 3, S. 168-170
ISSN: 1531-3298
In: Peace & change: PC ; a journal of peace research, Band 27, Heft 2, S. 162-164
ISSN: 1468-0130