At war with ourselves why America is squandering its chance to build a better world

Using colorful vignettes and up-close reporting from his coverage of the first two post-Cold War presidents, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, Hirsh argues that America has a new role never before played by any nation: it is the world's Uberpower, overseeing the global system from the air, land,...

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Main Author: Hirsh, Michael
Other Authors: Michael Hirsh
Language:Undetermined
English
Published: Oxford,New York Oxford University Press 2003
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Institutions: Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh
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Summary:Using colorful vignettes and up-close reporting from his coverage of the first two post-Cold War presidents, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, Hirsh argues that America has a new role never before played by any nation: it is the world's Uberpower, overseeing the global system from the air, land, sea and, increasingly, from space as well. And that means America has a unique opportunity do what no great power in history has ever done--to perpetuate indefinitely the global system it has built, to create an international community with American power at its center that is so secure it may never be challenged
Physical Description:xiv, 288 p.
24 cm
ISBN:0195152697
9780195152692