Creating the American century the ideas and legacies of America's twentieth-century foreign policy founders
In his last work before his death in 2014, American historian Martin J. Sklar analyzes the influence of early twentieth-century foreign policy makers, focusing on modernization, global development, and the meaning of the 'American Century'. Calling this group of government officials and th...
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Cambridge University Press
2017
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Table of Contents:
- Prelude: American century and world revolution
- Part I. Origins
- The Philippines, China, and US global objects (the Conant factor)
- A panel at the AEA
- Part II. The founders' American century: the tale once-told
- World history: evolving cycles of empires
- US history: in the evolving cycle
- Twentieth-century world politics and the US role: moving beyond the cycle to universal evolution
- Part III. History's American century: the tale twice-told
- 1898 to 1941: American century: birth and awkward youth
- World War and Cold War: American century: young adulthood
- Post-Cold War and 9/11: American century arrived
- American century fulfilled and revoked, or nullified: from empires to a universal humanity? Or, cycles forever?
- Part IV. Bringing history back in
- History in the US; the US in history