The Age of Illusions
How America Squandered Its Cold War Victory
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2021
Picador USA (Verlag)
978-1-250-78763-7 (ISBN)
Picador USA (Verlag)
978-1-250-78763-7 (ISBN)
In the decades that followed, American leaders put that claim to the test. They embraced globalisation as a putative source of unprecedented wealth, embarked on wide-ranging military campaigns to export American values, and redefined the very meaning of freedom. Meanwhile, they placed all their bets on the White House fulfilling the promise of their Cold War triumph: unequaled prosperity, lasting peace, and absolute freedom.
In The Age of Illusions, bestselling author Andrew Bacevich takes us from that moment of seemingly ultimate victory to the age of Trump, recounting an epic tale of folly and delusion. Writing with his usual eloquence and vast knowledge, he explains how within a quarter of a century the United States ended up with gaping inequality, permanent war, moral confusion, and an increasingly angry and alienated population, as well as, of course, the strangest president in American history.
In The Age of Illusions, bestselling author Andrew Bacevich takes us from that moment of seemingly ultimate victory to the age of Trump, recounting an epic tale of folly and delusion. Writing with his usual eloquence and vast knowledge, he explains how within a quarter of a century the United States ended up with gaping inequality, permanent war, moral confusion, and an increasingly angry and alienated population, as well as, of course, the strangest president in American history.
Andrew J. Bacevich is professor emeritus of history and international relations at Boston University and chairman of the Quincy Institute for Intelligent Statecraft. A graduate of both the U.S. Military Academy and Princeton University, he served in the U.S. Army for twenty-three years. His recent books include The Limits of Power, America's War for the Greater Middle East, and Twilight of the American Century. His writings have appeared in the New York Times, the London Review of Books, and the American Conservative, among other publications.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 15.01.2021 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 127 x 202 mm |
| Gewicht | 213 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-250-78763-7 / 1250787637 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-250-78763-7 / 9781250787637 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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