Power and willpower in the American future : why the United States is not destined to decline /

"To argue against the widely proclaimed idea of American decline might seem a lonely task. After all, the problems are real and serious. Yet if we take a longer view, much of the discourse about decline appears exaggerated, hyperbolic and ahistorical. Why? First, because of the deep underlying...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lieber, Robert J., 1941-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The American future: problems of primacy, policy, and purpose
  • 2. Domestic and global interactions: economics, energy, and American power
  • 3. American attitudes and institutions
  • 4. Threats to persistent primacy and the rise of others
  • 5. Stretch or 'imperial overstretch'?
  • 6. Power and willpower in the American future.