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The American Ascendancy

The American AscendancyHow the United States Gained and Wielded Global Dominance

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Written by

Michael H. Hunt

Narrated by

Brian Morris

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Edition:
Unabridged (The University of North Carolina Press)
Length:
15 hours, 12 minutes
File Size:
417 MB (18 files)

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Summary

What road did Americans travel to reach their current global preeminence? Taking the long historical view, Hunt demonstrates that wealth, confidence, and leadership were key elements to Americas ascent. In an analytic narrative that illuminates the past rather than indulges in political triumphalism, he provides crucial insights into the country's problematic place in the world today. Hunt charts Americas rise to global power from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to a culminating multilayered dominance achieved in the mid-twentieth century. He examines how the United States remade great power relations, fashioned limits for the third world, and shaped our current international economic and cultural order. Hunt concludes by addressing current issues, such as how durable American power really is and what options remain for Americas future.

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