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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman seriesPublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2007.Description: 404 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0807830909 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780807830901 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • E183.7 .H855 2007
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Contents:
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.
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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.