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Freeman, Joshua Benjamin.
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United States -- History -- 1945-
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
United States -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
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Freeman, Joshua Benjamin.
United States -- History -- 1945-
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
United States -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
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American empire : the rise of a global power, the democratic revolution at home, 1945-2000 / Joshua B. Freeman.
by
Freeman, Joshua Benjamin.
Viking, 2012.
Call #:
973.92 F855a
Subjects
United
States
--
History
-- 1945-
United
States
-- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
United
States
-- Politics and government -- 1989-
United
States
-- Economic conditions -- 1945-
United
States
-- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
United
States
-- Foreign relations -- 1989-
Series
Penguin
history
of the
United
States
.
ISBN:
9780670023783
0670023787
Alternate title:
American empire, 1945-2000
Description:
xiv, 530 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [483]-515) and index.
Contents:
E pluribus unum -- Pax Americana (1945-1953). Power and politics ; Cold War ; Stalemate in Washington ; National security state -- The high tide of liberal democracy (1954-1974). Suburban nation ; "We the Union Army" ; "Hour of maximum danger" ; The democratic revolution ; Apocalypse now ; Sixties to Seventies, dreams to nightmares ; The end of the American century -- The resurrection of corporate capitalism (1975-1989). The landscape of decline ; The politics of stagnation ; The corporate revolution ; The Reagan revolution ; Cold War redux -- The new world order (1990-2000). "I'm running out of demons" ; Triangulation ; Living large -- America after 9/11.
Summary:
A compelling look at the movements and developments that propelled America to world dominance beginning in 1945 and moving through McCarthyism and Vietnam, from the Great Society to Morning in America.
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