God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World - Hardcover

Mead, Walter Russell

 
9780375414039: God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World

Synopsis

"An illuminating account of the birth, the rise, and the continuing rise, of a global political and economic system that rested first on the power of Britain and rests today on that of the United States--and now faces a new set of formidable challenges"--Provided by publisher.

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About the Author

Walter Russell Mead is the Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is a regular book reviewer for Foreign Affairs, a member of the editorial board of The American Interest, and a founding board member of the New America Foundation. He has written frequently for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Esquire. His books include Special Providence, which won the Lionel Gelber Award (“the world’s most important prize for nonfiction” ―The Economist) in 2002, and Power, Terror, Peace, and War. He lives in New York City.

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