Grand Improvisation: America Confronts the British Superpower, 1945-1957

by Derek Leebaert

Book Overview

A new understanding of the post World War II era, showing what occurred when the British Empire wouldn't step aside for the rising American superpower--with global insights for today.

An enduring myth of the twentieth century is that the United States rapidly became a superpower in the years after World War II, when the British Empire--the greatest in history--was too wounded to maintain a global presence. In fact, Derek Leebaert...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374250723
• ISBN13: 9780374250720
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"