Flight of the eagle
Subtitle: a strategic history of the United States
By: Conrad Black
Edition: Trade paperback edition.
Publisher: Signal
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 746
ISBN-13: 9780771013737
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: History; Histoire
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The aspirant state, 1754-1836: The path to independence : the British and Americans defeat the French in America, 1754-1774 ; Independence : the Americans and French defeat the British in America, 1774-1789 ; Creating a new republic and launching it in the world, 1789-1807 ; Reconciling with Britain abroad, and with slavery at home, 1809-1836; title: The predestined people, 1836-1933: Slavery : the house divided, 1836-1860 ; Civil war and reconstruction : the agony and triumph of the American union, 1860-1889 ; A new great power in the world, 1889-1914 ; The crisis of democracy : world ward, isolationism and depression, 1914-1933; title: The indispensible country, 1933-1957: Toward America's rendezvous with destiny, 1933-1941 ; The victory of democracy in the West, 1941-1945 ; From world war to cold war, 1945-1951 ; The red scare and the free world, 1951-1957; title: The supreme nation, 1957-2013: Peace and prosperity, 1957-1965 ; Vietnam and détente : the beginning of the end of the Cold War, 1965-1973 ; To the summit of the world, 1973-1992 ; Waiting for the future, 1992-2013.