A Sense of Power : : The Roots of America's Global Role /

A Sense of Power : : The Roots of America's Global Role / / John A. Thompson.

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Why has the United States assumed so extensive and costly a role in world affairs over the last hundred years? The two most common answers to this question are "because it could" and "because it had to." Neither answer will do, according to this challenging re-assessment of the w...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Thompson, John A.,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2016]
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Blwyddyn Gyhoeddi:2016
Iaith:English
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Tabl Cynhwysion:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: THE PROBLEM
  • 1. A NEW SENSE OF POWER
  • 2. ADVANCE AND RETREAT, 1914-1920
  • 3. A RESTRAINED SUPERPOWER, 1920-1938
  • 4. LESSENING RESTRAINT, 1938-1941
  • 5. FULL-SCALE INVOLVEMENT, 1941-1945
  • 6. ASSUMING "THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF POWER," 1945-1952
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index

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