The status of the United States as a world power, and the nature of power itself, are at a historic turning point, a time when the nation's decisions could determine how long it remains a superpower. It is essential that we understand and adapt to the new
... Castro, and Kennedy, 1958–1964 (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1997); Mark J. White, Missiles in Cuba (Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, ... See Graham Allison, Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis (Boston: Little, Brown, ...
The book presents the perspectives of elite policymakers—presidents, secretaries of state, generals, and diplomats—alongside those of other kinds of Americans, such as newspaper columnists, clergymen, songwriters, poets, and novelists.
A fresh perspective on United States history, emphasizing a global context
A non-partisan pollster provides an incisive analysis of the rationale behind the growing tide of anti-American sentiment, arguing that American exceptionalism--an individualism and go-it-alone attitude--is feuling the animosity. 35,000 ...
4 (December, 1970): 762–768; Heike Wieters, The NGO CARE and Food Aid from America, 1945–1980: “Showered with Kindness”? ... See Bruce Nichols, The Uneasy Alliance: Religion, Refugee Work, and U.S. Foreign Policy (New York, ...
This volume includes historiographical surveys of American foreign relations since 1941 by some of the country's leading historians.
In this provocative book, Mugambi Jouet describes why Americans are far more divided than other Westerners over basic issues, including wealth inequality, health care, climate change, evolution, gender roles, abortion, gay rights, sex, gun ...
Joseph S. Nye, The Paradox of American Power: Why the World's Only Superpower Can't Go It Alone (New York, 2003), p. ... Robert J. McMahon, “Introduction: The Challenge of the Third World,” in Empire and Revolution: The United States ...
This text examines how larger global processes have had a role in each stage of American development, how this country's experiences were shared by people elsewhere, and how America's growing influence ultimately changed the world.
The Sovereignty Wars is intended to help today’s policymakers think more clearly about what is actually at stake in the sovereignty debate and to provide some criteria for determining when it is appropriate to make bargains over ...