Contemporary America Power, Dependency, and Globalization Since 1980

Name: Contemporary America Power, Dependency, and Globalization Since 1980
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ISBN: 9781405136419

ISBN-10: 1405136413

ISBN-13: 9781405136419

Edition: 2011

Authors: M. J. Heale

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This history of America's recent past focuses on the importance of the United States' interaction with the outside world and includes detailed accounts of the presidencies of Reagan, Clinton and George W. Bush The only book to give a substantial account of the dramatic history of America since 1980, covering the Reagan years, the Clinton presidency, the impact of 9/11, the War on Terror, and the election of Barack Obama Based on both secondary and primary resources, and includes research taken from newspapers, magazines, official documents, and memoirs Written by a distinguished contemporary historian and a leading historian of the United States Discusses the growing fragmentation of…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 4/8/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 5.80" wide x 8.80" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Series Editor's Preface


Preface


Acknowledgments



Losing Control: The United States in 1980



Borrowing as a Way of Life: A Dependent Economy and a Fragmenting Society



Strangers in the Land: Open Borders and American Identity



Glad Morning Again: A Reagan Revolution?



Reviving and Winning the Cold War



The Morning After: The Limitations of Conservatism



Gentleman George, Culture Wars, and the Return of Malaise



Groping for a New World Order



The Era of Globalization



Porous Borders and Global Warming



The New Age of Bill Clinton



Democracy for the World



The Comeback Kid v. the Gringrich Who Stole Christmas



Since 2001: Decade of Crises


Notes


Select Bibliography


Index