TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mandelbaum,Michael
TI  - The four ages of American foreign policy: weak power, great power, superpower, hyperpower 
SN  - 9780197746929
AV  - E183.7 .M287 2024
U1  - 327.73 23/eng/20240328
PY  - 2024///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - United States
KW  - Foreign relations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Independence, 1765-1788 -- In the shadow of the French Revolution, 1788-1815 -- The continental republic, 1815-1865 -- Great-power debut, 1865-1914 -- The offshore balancer, 1914-1933 -- The arsenal of democracy, 1933-1945 -- The contest of systems, 1945-1953 -- War improbable, peace impossible -- A superpower dies in bed -- The new world order, 1990-2001 -- Back to the future, 2001-2015
N2  - "Terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington D.C. on September 11, 2001, launched the United States into three wars: a global war on terror; a war in Afghanistan; and a war against Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq. In both Afghanistan and Iraq American efforts to install stable, democratic, friendly governments encountered opposition, and the United States found itself fighting against insurgencies in both places. In 2008, a severe financial crisis struck America, which led to a prolonged global recession. By the end of this period, Russia, China, and Iran had begun to mount serious challenges to American interests in Europe, East Asia, and the Middle East respectively. This brought an end to the fourth age of American foreign policy"--
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