Another American Century?: The United States and the World Since 9/11, Second Edition / Edition 2

by Nicholas Guyatt

Overview

Did September 11th change everything? Is George W. Bush responsible for America's international isolation? Why did the United States declare 'war on terror', and what does this war mean for the future of the world?

ANOTHER AMERICAN CENTURY answers these questions with a sweeping and penetrating study of the United States since the end of the Cold War. Nicholas Guyatt reveals the economic, diplomatic and military dimensions of American foreign policy, and investigates what Americans say and believe about their relationship with the rest of the world. A major new chapter discusses September 11th, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the motives and ideas behind America's 'war on terror'. Did September 11th change everything? Is George W. Bush responsible for America‘s international isolation? Why did the United States declare ‘war on terror‘, and what does this war mean for the future of the world?

Another American Century answers these questions with a sweeping and penetrating study of the United States since the end of the Cold War. Nicholas Guyatt reveals the economic, diplomatic and military dimensions of American foreign policy, and investigates what Americans say and believe about their relationship with the rest of the world. A major new chapter discusses September 11th, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the motives and ideas behind America‘s ‘war on terror‘.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781842774298
Publisher:	Zed Books
Publication date:	03/04/2004
Series:	Global Issues Series
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.04(w) x 7.64(h) x 0.91(d)

About the Author

Nicholas Guyatt is the author of The Absence of Peace: Understanding the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Zed Books, 1998).

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. The US and the Global Economy
2. The US and the International Community
3. The US and Military Power
4. American Missions
5. A New American Century?

Editorial Reviews

The fundamental question Guyatt (history, Princeton U.) asks is whether continued US domination of the international order will make the world a safer place. He describes how the US has fashioned political and economic international institutions in its own interests, examines how American policymakers and commentators describe the role of the US, projects the current trends in American foreign policy into the future, and speculates on the effects of further US dominance. Distributed in the US by St. Martin's Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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