Mortal splendor
Subtitle: the American empire in transition
By: Walter Russell Mead.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 381
Subjects: Liberalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989
Description: "Walter Russell Mead describes the rise of America's liberal world empire, its golden years from World War II until the mid 1960s, and its continuing decline since then. He puts the American empire in the context of past empires - Athenian, Roman, British - and shows that decline is inevitable, but also that we can choose the shape of our postimperial future. He particularly examines the unsuccessful attempts of our last four administrations to deal with issues arising from the decline of the American Empire."--Book Jacket.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [356]-366.
Includes index.