America Between the Wars From 11/9 to 9/11; the Misunderstood Years Between the Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Start of the War on Terror

Name: America Between the Wars From 11/9 to 9/11; the Misunderstood Years Between the Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Start of the War on Terror
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ISBN: 9781586487058

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Authors: Derek Chollet, James Goldgeier

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On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall collapsed, taking the Cold War down with it. The next twelve years passed in a haze of self-congratulation, Republican confusion, and angst, and economic prosperityuntil they ended abruptly with a stunning catastrophe on September 11, 2001.In America Between The Wars, Derek Chollet and James Goldgeier blend deep expertise with broad access to both parties' political and policy establishments to find out howand whyAmerica failed to recognize that when we became the sole superpower with responsibility for the world's oversight, we overlooked how the new world actually worked.

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List price: $27.99
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publication date: 6/2/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Derek Cholletis a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security in Washington, D.C.James Goldgeieris a professor of political science at George Washington University and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.



Preface: Between the Wars



The Lone Superpower, Adrift



Democrats Unite



Wrong Foot Forward



Contract and Crisis



Turning Point



The Indispensable Nation in a Globalizing World



"Remembering the Past and Imagining the Future"



Liberal Bombs, Conservative Shields



New World Disorder



The End of the Modern Interwar Years



The 11/9 World


From 11/9 to 9/11: A Chronology


Notes


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index