America Between the Wars
From 11/9 to 9/11; The Misunderstood Years Between the Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Start of the
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, International, International Relations, History, Americas, United States
| Author: | Derek Chollet, James Goldgeier | ISBN: | 9780786746712 |
| Publisher: | PublicAffairs | Publication: | June 2, 2009 |
| Imprint: | PublicAffairs | Language: | English |
| Author: | Derek Chollet, James Goldgeier |
| ISBN: | 9780786746712 |
| Publisher: | PublicAffairs |
| Publication: | June 2, 2009 |
| Imprint: | PublicAffairs |
| Language: | English |
On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall collapsed, taking the Cold War down with it. The next twelve years passed in a haze of self-congratulation, Republican confusion, and angst, and economic prosperity-until they ended abruptly with a stunning catastrophe on September 11, 2001.
In America Between The Wars, Derek Chollet and James Goldgeier blend deep expertise with broad access to both parties' political and policy establishments to find out how-and why-America failed to recognize that when we became the sole superpower with responsibility for the world's oversight, we overlooked how the new world actually worked.
On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall collapsed, taking the Cold War down with it. The next twelve years passed in a haze of self-congratulation, Republican confusion, and angst, and economic prosperity-until they ended abruptly with a stunning catastrophe on September 11, 2001.
In America Between The Wars, Derek Chollet and James Goldgeier blend deep expertise with broad access to both parties' political and policy establishments to find out how-and why-America failed to recognize that when we became the sole superpower with responsibility for the world's oversight, we overlooked how the new world actually worked.
