The American Century
The Rise and Decline of the United States as a World Power
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23215562 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frank Ninkovich, Donald W White (0000-0002-7231-8232) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1350 |
| Publication date | 1998-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The American Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-8762 • E-ISSN: 1937-5239 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2651365 |
| OpenAlex | W2494261348 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Why did the United States assume a preeminent world role after World War II, and why has that role declined since the Vietnam War? This magisterial book-the first intellectual and cultural history of America's evolving status as a world power in the twentieth century-addresses these questions by examining Americans' perceptions of themselves and of the world during this period. Drawing on the writings of leading intellectuals, speeches by politicians, popular periodicals, movies and television, opinion polls, and dozens of other sources, Donald W. White explores what Americans thought about power in the twentieth century, how they evaluated America's expanding world role and the confrontations of the Cold War, and how they perceived the erosion of this unprecedented accumulation of power in the years after the Vietnam War. With colorful anecdotal detail, White presents a new perspective on foreign affairs during these years, recounting the global spread of American democratic philosophy, technology, industrial goods, literature, arts, and way of life against a backdrop of military crises and diplomatic negotiations. In the process he identifies major trends in past American foreign policy and suggests possibilities for the prospects of international relations in the future.
American Century · Democracy · Economic history · Foreign policy · Great power · International relations · Negotiation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Sociology · The arts · Vietnam War · White (mutation) · World history · World War II · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law
| Citations per year | 0.21 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2002 - 2022 (21) |
| Highly cited | No |