The USA and the world. 2018-2019, 14th edition (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: USA and the world.
• Further Information: Note: David M. Keithly.
• Authors: Keithly, David M
• Other Names: Rowman and Littlefield, Inc.
• Contents: <span style="font-weight:bold;">Introduction <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter One: National Interest Priorities National Security The Northern Neighbor: Canada Regional Cooperation in the Western Hemisphere Europe’s Political and Economic Stability Russian Stability and Economic Development The Greater Middle East Stable Transitions in Africa Development in South Asia: India and Pakistan Asia Pacific Peace and Stability Promoting Democracy Transnational Threats The Environmental Dimension Realism and Democracy The American World Image <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter Two: National Expansion Enduring Interests International Commerce In the Beginning The New Nation and Its Constitution First Diplomatic Steps Restructuring Strict Constructionism Unleashing the Dogs of War A Cautionary Tale Manifest Destiny Advances in Democracy America Becomes a Great Power The Path of Empire <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter Three: Ascent to Globalism Europe’s Lights Go Out World War I The Paris Peace Conference, 1919–1920 Isolation and Normalcy: the 1920s Economic Problems of the Peace 1919–1939 The Dictators Take Over Neutrality and Appeasement Into the Abyss The Arsenal of Democracy America’s Entry War in the Pacific Pandora’s Box of Atomic Weaponry Wartime Planning for Peace Uniting for Peace Old Game, New Rules The East-West Conflict Cold War and Iron Curtain Power and Purpose Cracks in the Bloc Nationalism Triumphs <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter Four: The Anguish of Power World Tensions On the Brink The Ordeal of Vietnam The Middle East Conflict Security in the Nuclear Age The Second Cold War Strategic Defense South of the Border The Arc of Crisis Looking East The World Turned Rightside Up The Middle East in Peace and War The Western Hemisphere Heirs of Pericles: NATO and OSCE Transnational Turbulence A Nation Apart? Cold Dawn Glossary of International Terms <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter Five: Political Ideas and Political System Deliberative Bodies Separation of Powers Checks and Balances The Changing Constitution The Federal System The Legislative Branch The Executive Branch The Judicial Branch The States Elections in the United States Revved Up with Somewhere to Go All Politics is Local Glossary of Political Terms <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter Six: The U.S. Economy Going Commercial Fluctuations Before 1860 Called to Account All the World’s An Exchange War and Peace, 1914–1919 The Crest of the Wave Exit Prosperity Comparative Disadvantage National Recovery 1934–1941 World War II The Bretton Woods System Patterns of International Economic Cooperation The Yellow Brick Road The “Soaring Sixties” Trade with the East Bloc Shocks to the System Meddling and Muddling The Navigator Go-Go Global Home to Roost What is Past is Prologue Cry Havoc Reindustrialization Glossary of Economic Terms <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter Seven: A Nation of Nations Immigration Freedom and Civil Liberties The “Melting Pot” Demography as Destiny The Future <span style="font-weight:bold;">Web Sites and Bibliography
• Publisher Details: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 327; Education: History; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General; History: United States / General; Reference: Yearbooks & Annuals; United States -- Foreign relations; United States -- Politics and government; United States -- History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781475841756; 1475841752
• Related ISBNs: 9781475841749
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 24, 2018).
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