The Rise and Decline of the American Empire: Power and Its Limits in Comparative Perspective

by Geir Lundestad

The Rise and Decline of the American "Empire" explores the rapidly growing literature on the rise and fall of the United States. The author argues that after 1945 the US has definitely been the most dominant power the world has seen and that it has successfully met the challenges from, first, the Soviet Union and, then, Japan, and the European Union. Now, however, the United States is in decline: its vast military power is being challenged by asymmetrical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199646104
• ISBN13: 9780199646104
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"