America''s Half-Century - United States Foreign Policy in the Cold War and After

"Incisive, eminently readable... McCormick reminds his readers of the unfashionable truths of our time: American domination of the postwar order, the weakness and conservatism of the Soviet Union, the gratuitousness of the nuclear arms race." -- The Nation

About the author

Thomas J. McCormick is professor of history at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His Books include China Market.

Summary

Revised andupdated through 1993, it describes how the end of the Cold War affected the United States's global role as well as suggesting what possibilities lie ahead for a restructured world-system.

Product details

• Authors: McCormick, Thomas J McCormick, Thomas J. McCormick, McCormick Thomas J.
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.03.1995
• EAN: 9780801850110
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-5011-0
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: American Moment; The American Moment
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, International Relations, United States of America, USA, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies