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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.
Material type: TextTextSeries: Penguin history of the United States: Publisher: New York : Viking, 2012Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [483]-515) and index.Description: xiv, 530 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780670023783; 0670023787.Subject(s): 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-DDC classification: 973.92
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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Two Weeks Davenport Library Circulating Collection Print-Circulating 973.92 F877 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34284003137205

Includes bibliographical references (p. [483]-515) and index.

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.

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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