The Short American Century: A Postmortem by T.J. Jackson Lears, Eugene McCarraher, Walter F. LaFeber, Nikhil Pal Singh, David M. Kennedy, Andrew J. Bacevich, Akira Iriye, Emily S. Rosenberg

The Short American Century: A Postmortem

T.J. Jackson Lears, Eugene McCarraher, Walter F. LaFeber, Nikhil Pal Singh, David M. Kennedy, Andrew J. Bacevich, Akira Iriye, Emily S. Rosenberg

287 pages • first pub 2012 (view editions)

nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced
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Writing in "Life" magazine in February 1941, Henry Luce memorably announced the arrival of The American Century. The phrase caught on, as did the belief that America s moment was at hand. Yet as Andrew J. Bacevich makes clear, that century has now...

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