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The age of illusions : how America squandered its Cold War victory / Andrew J. Bacevich.

The age of illusions : how America squandered its Cold War victory / Andrew J. Bacevich.
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ISBN 9781250175083
Shelf Location 352.235/BAC
Author Bacevich, Andrew J.
Title The age of illusions : how America squandered its Cold War victory / Andrew J. Bacevich.
Publication Details New York, NY : Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, LLC, 2020.
Format 236 pages ; 22 cm.
Notes Al, Fred, and Homer's America : and mine -- The end of history! -- Kicking 41 to the curb -- Glimpsing the Emerald City -- Bedfellows -- State of the union -- Plebiscite -- Attending to Rabbit's question.
"A thought provoking and penetrating account of the post-Cold war follies and delusions that culminated in the age of Donald Trump, from the bestselling author of The Limits of Power. When the Cold War ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Washington establishment felt it had prevailed in a world-historical struggle. Our side had won, a verdict that was both decisive and irreversible. For the world's 'indispensable nation, ' its 'sole superpower, ' the future looked very bright. History, having brought the United States to the very summit of power and prestige, had validated American-style liberal democratic capitalism as universally applicable. In the decades to come, Americans would put that claim to the test. They would embrace the promise of globalization as a source of unprecedented wealth, while embarking on wide-ranging military campaigns to suppress disorder and enforce American values abroad, confident in the ability of U.S. forces to defeat any foe. Meanwhile, they placed all their bets on the White House to deliver on the promise of their Cold War triumph: unequaled prosperity, lasting peace, and absolute freedom. In The Age of Illusions, bestselling author Andrew Bacevich takes us from that moment of seemingly ultimate victory to the age of Trump, telling an epic tale of folly and delusion. Writing with his usual eloquence and vast knowledge, he explains how, within a quarter of a century, the United States ended up with gaping inequality, permanent war, moral confusion, and an increasingly angry and alienated population, as well, of course, as the strangest president in American history"--
Subject Cold War (1945-1989)
HISTORY / United States / 21st Century
POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General
HISTORY / Military / United States.
Executive power
Hegemony
Politics and government
Social conditions
War -- Influence
Cold War -- Influence
Executive power -- United States -- History
Hegemony -- United States -- History
United States
United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
United States -- History -- 1969-
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