Title: Mortal splendor : the American empire in transition /
Authors: Mead, Walter Russell
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin,
Year: 1987
Subjects: Liberalism United States History; United States Foreign relations; United States Politics and government; United States Foreign relations; United States Politics and government
Abstract: "Walter Russell Mead describes the rise of America's liberal world empire, its golden years from World War II until the mid 1960s, and its continuing decline since then. He puts the American empire in the context of past empires - Athenian, Roman, British - and shows that decline is inevitable, but also that we can choose the shape of our postimperial future. He particularly examines the unsuccessful attempts of our last four administrations to deal with issues arising from the decline of the American Empire."--Book Jacket.
Contents: Part One: The Liberal Empire : The Idea of Empire ; The Rise of the American Empire ; The Structure of Empire ; The Liberal Empire -- Part Two: Peace with Honor: The Nixon Years : Nixon's Challenge ; The Indochinese War ; The Market in Crisis -- Part Three: Why Not the Best? The Carter Era : The Politics of Compromise ; The Constitutional Crisis ; The Liberal Crisis -- Part Four: On the Beach with Canute : The Dawn of the Dead ; Foreign Affairs and the New Right ; The Anatomy of the American Right ; The Market and the Right ; The Trumpets Sound Retreat -- Part Five: Rake's Progress: Politics in an Age of Decline : Recessional ; The Politics of Recession ; THe Politics of War ; The Future of Liberalism ; The Future of the Right ; The Outlook for Democracy -- Part Six: Beyond the Liberal Empire : From Pericles to Cleon ; The Dog That Did Not Bark ; Toward the New Social Contract ; Beyond the Liberal Empire.