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The Cambridge History of America and the World: Volume 4, 1945 to the Present

English · Paperback / Softback

Will be released 31.07.2025

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This volume examines the heights of American global power in the mid-twentieth century and the challenges to that power since. Highlighting cutting-edge ideas from scholars from all over the world, it anatomizes American power as well as the counters and alternatives to what was increasingly called 'the American empire.'

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List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Contributors to Volume IV; General Introduction: What is America and the World? Mark Philip Bradley; Introduction to Volume IV David C. Engerman, Max Paul Friedman and Melani McAlister; Part I. Ordering a World of States: 1. Global Capitalist Infrastructure and US Power Vanessa Ogle; 2. Overseas Bases and the Expansion of US Military Presence Gretchen Heefner; 3. The Consolidation of the Nuclear Age Michael D. Gordin; 4. American Knowledge of the World Nick Dirks and Nils Gilman; 5. The American Construction of the Communist Threat Kenneth Osgood; 6. The Fractured World of the Cold War Mark Atwood Lawrence; 7. The US and the United Nations System David Bosco; 8. American Development Aid, Decolonization, and the Cold War Corinna Unger; 9. Decolonization and US Intervention in Asia Christopher Goscha; Part II. Challenging a World of States: 10. US Foreign Policy and the End of Development Brad Simpson; 11. Oil and the Resource Curse Chris Dietrich; 12. US Mass Culture and Consumption in Global Context Petra Goedde; 13. Imperial Visions of the World Penny Von Eschen; 14. Human Rights Barbara Keys; 15. Compassion and Humanitarianism in International Relations Michael Barnett; 16. Third World Internationalism and the Global Color Line Charisse Burden-Stelly and Gerald Horne; 17. Empire of Sex: The Queering of US Geopolitics Julio Capó, Jr.; 18. Migration, War, and the Transformation of the US Population Maddalena Marinari; 19. Christian and Muslim Transnational Networks Zareena Grewal; 20. Native Americans, Indigenity, and US Foreign Policy Paul Rosier; 21. Environment, Climate, and Global Disorder Stephen Macekura; 22. Reconfiguration of Superpower Relations Jussi M. Hanhimäki; Part III. New World Disorder?: 23. Soviet Collapse and Its Global Impact Fritz Bartel; 24. Neoliberalism as a Form of US Power Daniel Sargent; 25. The US Construction of 'Islam' as Ally and Enemy on the Global Stage Deepa Kumar; 26. Technology and Networks of Communication Stephanie Schulte; 27. Humanitarian Intervention and US Power Rajan Menon; 28. Refugees, Statelessness, and the Disordering of Citizenship Stephen R. Porter; 29. Liberty, Security, and America's War on Terror Karen J. Greenberg; 30. The Global Wars on Terror Aaron O'Connell; 31. America and the World in the Anthropocene Joshua Howe; Index.

Product details

Assisted by Engerman David C. (Editor), Friedman Max Paul (Editor), McAlister Melani (Editor)
Publisher Cambridge Academic
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Release 31.07.2025
 
EAN 9781108410274
ISBN 978-1-108-41027-4
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises
Series The Cambridge History of America and the World
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories
Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous

USA, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / General, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Diplomacy, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)

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