The end of the American era : U.S. foreign policy and the geopolitics of the twenty-first century / Charles A. Kupchan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kupchan, Charles.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations.

United States.

International relations.

United States--Foreign relations--1989-.

Physical Description:

xviii, 395 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2002.

Summary:

In The End of the American Era, Charles A. Kupchan argues that America's position of global dominance is far less durable than commonly presumed. He contends that the next challenge to America's might comes not from the Islamic world or an ascendant China, but from an integrating Europe that is rising as a counterweight to the United States. The waning of U.S. primacy will be expedited by the international tensions provoked by U.S. unilateralism, by America's own ambivalence about remaining the globe's guardian, and by the impact of the digital age on the country's politics and its role in the world.

With a new preface that shows why the war in Iraq has only accelerated these trends, The End of the American Era deftly mines the lessons of history to cast light on the present and future, explaining how America and the world should prepare for the more complex and unstable road ahead.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Grand Strategy and the Paradox of American Power 3

Chapter 2 America's New Map of the World 36

Chapter 3 The False Promise of Globalization and Democracy 77

Chapter 4 The Rise of Europe 119

Chapter 5 The Limits of American Internationalism

Looking Back 160

Chapter 6 The Limits of American Internationalism

Looking Ahead 202

Chapter 7 After Pax Americana 247

Chapter 8 The Rebirth of History 304.

Notes:

"A Council on Foreign Relations book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-373) and index.

ISBN:

0375412158

0375726594

OCLC:

48942136