Twilight of the American Century, Paperback - Andrew J. Bacevich

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A prodigiously researched biography of Vannevar Bush, one of America's most awe-inspiring polymaths and the secret force behind the biggest technol...

Winner of the 2019 Hitchens Prize "Portrays Holbrooke in all of his endearing and exasperating self-willed glory...Both a sweeping diplomatic histo...

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Tells a story of crazed road trips fuelled by bourbon and black acid, of insane judges and giant porcupines, of girls, guns, explosives and, of cou...

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DescriptionIn 1941 the magazine publishing titan Henry R. Luce urged the nation's leaders to create an American Century. But in the post-World-War-...

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O relatare provocatoare si o analiza patrunzatoare despre absurditatile si amagirile de dupa Razboiul Rece care au culminat cu epoca lui Donald Tru...

The rapid decline of the bastions of American power established over the twentieth century is the subject of this extensive historical analysis emp...

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Reducere. How children and children's literature helped build America's empire America's empire was not made by adults alone. During the nineteenth and twent...

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This book examines the thinking of early twentieth-century US foreign policy makers and their advisors, including business leaders and economists -...

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The pioneering anthropologist Sherry B. Ortner explores the culture and practices of independent filmmaking in the U.S., arguing that during the pa...

Reducere. Offering a comprehensive overview of Puerto Rico's history and evolution since the installation of U.S. rule, Cesar Ayala and Rafael Bernabe connec...

DescriptionNo nation was more deeply affected by America's rise to world power than Japan. President Franklin Roosevelt's uncompromising policy of ...

A bold and urgent perspective on how American foreign policy must change in response to the shifting world order of the twenty-first century, from ...

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The American Era: Power and Strategy for the 21st Century - Robert J. Lieber

Publisher: St Martin's PressAuthor(s): Andrew BacevichNumber of pages: 224Collection: American Empire ProjectPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 209 ...

Understanding US culture through the post-apocalyptic novel This book explores the post-apocalyptic novel in American literature from the 1940s to ...

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The popular York Notes series of literature revision aids for undergraduates have been given a makeover. This is an established and trusted brand w...

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Publisher: Fordham University PressAuthor(s): Jun Hwan ParkIllustration(s): 8 b/w illustrationsNumber of pages: 240Collection: Thinking from Elsewh...

A gamekeeper is found hanging lifeless from a tree near a sleepy Highland town. A police investigation finds he has been cleverly snared. As the bo...

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Reducere. The loss of America in 1781 has traditionally been blamed on incompetent British military commanders and political leaders whose arrogant confidenc...

Publisher: Fernwood Publishing Co LtdAuthor(s): Joshua J. WattertonNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 155 x 228 x 20Cover type: ...

Build, reinforce and revise the historical knowledge and exam skills required for WJEC AS/A-level History. Matched to the 2016 specification for Wa...

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Reducere. An emerging cult classic about America's cultural meltdown--and a surprising solution. A prophetic examination of Western decline, The Twilight of ...