The cycles of American history
By: Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 498
ISBN-13: 9780395378878
Subjects: Cycles; United States -- Foreign relations -- Philosophy; United States -- Politics and government -- Philosophy
Description: An explanation of how the nation's past shapes its present and fortells its future.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [439]-473.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The theory of America : experiment or destiny?; title: The cycles of American politics; title: Foreign policy and the American character; title: National interests and moral absolutes; title: Human rights and the American tradition; title: The Solzhenitsyn challenge; title: America and empire; title: Why the Cold War?; title: Affirmative government and the American economy; title: The short happy life of American political parties; title: After the imperial presidency; title: The future of the vice presidency; title: Vicissitudes of presidential reputations; title: Democracy and leadership