America ascendant
Subtitle: from Theodore Roosevelt to FDR in the century of American power, 1901-1945
By: Sean Dennis Cashman.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 561
Subjects: United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1953; United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 517-529) and index.
Table of contents: title: Hot time in the old town, tonight; title: Virtue is its own reward; title: RPM; title: No gods, no masters; title: Making waves in world affairs; title: Tell that to the Marines! America and World War I; title: Tales of the Jazz Age; title: Nine mocking years with the golden calf; title: The world broken in two; title: Down in the dumps; title: welcome to the Depression; title: That man in the White House; title: Red, hot, and blue; title: Castles in the air; title: Kissing Hitler? round up the usual suspects; title: The miraculous takes a little longer; title: Dear hearts and gentle people; title: 1945.