America in the Modern World : the Transcendence of United States Hegemony

The past few years have witnessed changes which will be of lasting significance in international affairs. The revolutions in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, for example, are fundamental not only for those societies but also in their implications for the rest of the world. They signal the passing of the international order that has governed the post war era. Since the United States was the principal architect of that order, its passing will have fundamental implications for America's role in the modern world. It has been suggested that this transformation will reduce the US to the status of an ordinary country, indeed that the signs of decline are already everywhere apparent. In this book, the author argues to the contrary that the emerging new world order offers great opportunities to the US to maintain its status as the leading power in the world Front Matter....Pages i-x Theories of Imperialism....Pages 1-23 Imperialism and the United States....Pages 24-45 The Superpowers: Politics, Economics and Survival....Pages 46-66 The Capitalist Powers: Discord and Harmony....Pages 67-88 America and the Third World....Pages 89-110 The 1960s: The Acme of American Power....Pages 111-130 Nixon and Carter: Responses to Decline....Pages 131-152 Reagan and the Resurgence of America in the 1980s....Pages 153-174 America in the 1990s: Dangers and Opportunities....Pages 175-196 Back Matter....Pages 197-216