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.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations.

United States.

International relations.

United States--Foreign relations--1989-.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xx, 391 pages ; 21 cm

Other Title:

United States foreign policy and the geopolitics of the 21st century

Place of Publication:

New York : Vintage Books, 2003.

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:

Acknowledgments

Preface to the 2003 Vintage Edition

Preface to the 2002 Knopf Edition

ch. 1. Grand strategy and the paradox of American power

ch. 2. America's new map of the world

ch. 3. The false promise of globalization and democracy

ch. 4. The rise of Europe

ch. 5. The limits of American internationalism - looking back

ch. 6. The limits of American internationalism - looking ahead

ch. 7. After Pax Americana

ch. 8. The rebirth of history

Notes

Select bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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

Includes preface to the 2003 Vintage edition and preface to the 2002 Knopf edition.

ISBN:

0375726594

9780375726590

OCLC:

53807348