The American ascendancy how the United States gained and wielded global dominance / [electronic resource] :
by Michael H. Hunt.
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2007.
- 404 p. : ill.
- H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series .
- H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series. .
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.
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Hegemony--History.--United States International relations--History. Geopolitics. World history.
United States--Foreign relations--19th century. United States--Foreign relations--20th century. United States--Foreign relations--2001-2009.