America′s Half–Century, second edition: United States Foreign Policy in the Cold War and After (The American Moment) - Hardcover

McCormick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 080185010X ISBN 13: 9780801850103

Publisher: John Hopkins University Press, 1995

Synopsis

Did the United States "win" the Cold War? In its self-congratulatory euphoria, argues Thomas McCormick in this new edition of his highly acclaimed study, America neglected a twenty-year process of political and economic devolution--the real threat to global peace and prosperity. 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.

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Review:

"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."--'Nation' "Original, bold, provocative, important--America's Half-Century deserves all those descriptions...Destined to become one of those handful of books that will be required reading for all serious students of American foreign relations."--Robert J. McMahon, 'Reviews in American History' "A much broader work than many accounts of American cold war policies, especially in the way it uses theories of hegemony and world systems to relate U.S. policies to the changing global environment. It cannot fail to stimulate and, because of its clarity and succinctness, it is likely to be widely used by students."--David Reynolds, 'International History Review'

Review:

"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, reviewing a previous edition or volume

"Original, bold, provocative, important." -- Robert J. McMahon, Reviews in American History, reviewing a previous edition or volume

About this edition

• Publisher: John Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 080185010X
• ISBN 13: 9780801850103
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 312