Afterglow or adjustment? : domestic institutions and responses to overstretch /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Brawley, Mark R. (Mark Randal), 1960-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Columbia University Press, [1999]
Subjects:	United States > Foreign relations > 1989- United States > Foreign economic relations. United States > Economic policy > 1993-2001. International relations > History > 20th century. International economic relations > History > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

Overextension and the obstacles to adjustment
From ascendance to afterglow: the Bank of England in British hegemony
Afterglow avoided?: the Federal Reserve, the Treasury, and the breakdown of Bretton Woods
Institutional innovation and ineffective liberal leadership: the Bank of Amsterdam and the Stadholderate
Britain's decline, military overcommitment, and the Committee of Imperial Defense
The Joint Chiefs of Staff and military overcommitment during American leadership
The rarity of effective adjustments.