| Description |
x, 252 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Eric Voegelin Institute series in political philosophy
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Eric Voegelin Institute series in political philosophy.
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| Contents |
Then (1945-1991) -- Pax Americana -- The Postwar Task -- Bretton Woods -- The Marshall Plan and Containment -- German Wirtschaftswunder -- The Berlin Blockade -- The Truman Doctrine -- NATO and Its Cross of Lorraine -- The Korean War -- The Hungarian Revolution and the Berlin Wall -- The Cuban Missile Crisis and Nikita Khrushchev -- The Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia and the Brezhnev Doctrine -- Cultural Shift -- D'tente -- Eurocommunism -- Negotiated Cold War -- The Errors of Socialism -- Ronald Reagan and His Critics -- Solidarity -- Gorbachev and His Nemesis -- The Fall of the Berlin Wall and Reunification of Germany -- The End of an Era -- And Now (1991-2004) -- After the Fall: Celebratory Foresight and Ominous Speculations -- After the Wall: What Happened on the Ground -- Drifting Apart: Multipolarity and Hegemony -- Aggregation: The European Union -- Disaggregation: Civil War in Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Chinese Shadows -- 9/11 and the War on Terrorism -- Lessons. |
| Summary |
"Traces the development and implementation of Pax Americana, the American way of peace, from World War II to the war on terrorism and the Iraqi conflict. Examines the extent to which modernization must incorporate values of democracy and rule of law"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-236) and index. |
| Subject |
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
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United States. |
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International relations. |
| Chronological Term |
1945-1989 |
| Subject |
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
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| Chronological Term |
1989- |
| Subject |
Peace-building -- United States.
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Peace-building. |
| ISBN |
0826215955 alkaline paper |
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