A patriot's history of the modern world
By: Larry Schweikart and Dave Dougherty
Contributors: Dougherty, Dave, 1939-
Publisher: Sentinel
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781595230898
Subjects: Influence; Foreign relations; History
Description: Volume one begins with the Spanish-American War -- which introduced the United States as a global military power that could no longer be ignored -- and continuing through the end of World War II, this book shows how a free, capitalist nation could thrive when put face-to-face with tyrannical and socialist powers.

Volume two picks up in 1945 with a world irrevocably altered by World War II and a powerful, victorious United States. But new foes and challenges soon arose: the growing sphere of Communist influence, hostile dictatorships and unreliable socialist allies, the emergence of China as an economic contender, and the threat of world Islamification.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: [v. 1.] From America's exceptional ascent to the atomic bomb : 1898-1945