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America in Retreat Lib/E: The Decline of Us Leadership from Ww2 to Covid-19

America in Retreat Lib/E: The Decline of Us Leadership from Ww2 to Covid-19

Pembroke, Michael
Martin, Eric Jason

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20th Century United States History21st Century United States HistoryUnited States Politics

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ISBN13: 9798200163953
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Published: Mar 9 2021
Language: English
In the heady days after 1945, the authority of the United States was unrivaled and, with the founding of the UN, a new era of international co-operation seemed to have begun. But seventy-five years later, its influence has already diminished. The world has now entered a post-American era, argues Michael Pembroke, defined by a flourishing Asia and the ascendancy of China, as much as by the decline of the United States. This book is a short history of that decline; how high standards and treasured principles were ignored; how idealism was replaced by hubris and moral compromise; and how adherence to the rule of law became selective. It is also a look into the future--a future dominated by greater Asia and China in particular. We are in the midst of the third great power shift in modern history--from Europe to America to Asia. Covering wars in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, interventions in Iran, Guatemala and Chile, and a retreat from international engagement with the UN, WHO and, increasingly, trade agreements, Pembroke sketches the history of America's retreat from universal principles to provide a clear-eyed analysis of the dangers of American exceptionalism.

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