America Unbound
Subtitle: World War II and the Making of a Superpower (Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute Series on Diplomatic and Economic History)
Publisher: Saint Martin's Press; Springer
Published: August 15, 1992
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9780312079574
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; International relations; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; U.S. Foreign Relations; U.S. History - Post World War II Period; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; USA; International Relations - General; Military - World War II; Political History; History / United States / General; History-Military - World War II; Political Science / International Relations; Political Science-Political History; 1945-1989; Congresses; Foreign relations; Influence; United States; World War, 1939-1945
Description: Whether World War II made or merely marked the transition of the United States from a major world power to a superpower, the fact remains that America's role in the world around it had undergone a dramatic change. Other nations had long recognized the potential of the United States. They had seen its power exercised regularly in economics, if only sporadically in politics.

But World War Il, and the landscape it left behind, prompted American leaders and the Congress to conclude that they had to use the nation's strength to protect and advance its interests.

The end of the Cold War will not end the debate over the structural reasons for that transformation of American attitudes and actions. The essays in this book reflect a variety of views on the question of causation. The distinguished group of contributors provide many and varied insights into this crucial change and make America Unbound an important contribution to the history of the period.