The rise and decline of the American "empire"
Subtitle: power and its limits in comparative perspective
By: Geir Lundestad
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780199646104
Subjects: Foreign economic relations; Economic conditions; Foreign relations; Hegemony; Power (Social sciences)
Description: This text explores the rapidly growing literature on the rise and fall of the United States. Lundestad argues that after 1945 the US has definitely been the most dominant power the world has seen. Now, however, he argues the US is in decline, its economic growth is slow and its debt is rising rapidly.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : The rise and fall of great powers; title: Pt. 1 Power; title: America's position; title: America's challengers; title: War, realism, and power transitions; title: Expansion; title: Pt. 2 The limits of power; title: The impotence of omnipotence; title: The long lines of history; title: Visions and defeats; title: Conclusion.