Made by the USA - The International System

Made by the U.S.A., The International System is a historical account, embedded in a set of theoretical constructs, of the two hundred year drive by the United States to first, become a global power and, second, create an international security and economic system capable of protecting and promoting its strategic and economic interests.

List of contents

Introduction: The United States and the Changing Nature of the International System The Rise of New International Giant The New Giant's First Major Blunder The Humbling of Democracy A New Kind of War Exuberance Hindered Audacious Titan Made by the U.S.A. Appendix: The Cold War Was Not a Matter of Culpability

About the author

Alex Roberto Hybel, Connecticut College, USA

Summary

Made by the U.S.A., The International System is a historical account, embedded in a set of theoretical constructs, of the two hundred year drive by the United States to first, become a global power and, second, create an international security and economic system capable of protecting and promoting its strategic and economic interests.

Additional text

'...a competent and useful overview of the place of the United States in the international system in the last two centuries.' - Political Science Quarterly

Report

'...a competent and useful overview of the place of the United States in the international system in the last two centuries.' - Political Science Quarterly

Product details

• Authors: A Hybel, A. Hybel, Alex R. Hybel, Alex Roberto Hybel
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2001
• EAN: 9780312238926
• ISBN: 978-0-312-23892-6
• No. of pages: 340
• Weight: 546 g
• Illustrations: XI, 340 p.
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; B, History, History: specific events & topics, Europe, European Politics, Political Science, International Relations, Political science & theory, Political History, History of the Americas, World Politics, History, Modern, Modern History, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Europe—Politics and government, America—History, Cold War;democracy;USA