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America Rising
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Author : David Felix
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-28
America Rising written by David Felix and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-28 with Business & Economics categories.
The United States became a great power in the last quarter of the nineteenth century and a superpower during World War II without quite knowing it. Few Americans fully appreciate the fact today. How many people know that in recent years we have had 250,000 troops in 700 bases around the world? Consider our recent history of military operations in the Caribbean, East Asia, the Far East, Middle East, Southeast Asia, Africa, and the Balkans. In America Rising, David Felix attempts to explain how and why America became a superpower by examining the political and economic factors that have driven its ascendence and their relationship throughout history.Felix begins with the dawn of America, showing how America amassed wealth and political power from the start through wars, assertions of economic might, and the creation of a cultural and philosophical base. The nation began with a political order, derived from our British origins, which enabled our pragmatic culture to take advantage of the vast wealth of a near-virgin continent. Political and economic freedom were paired, authority yielding to both freedoms. Our farmers and businessmen were dreamers, manufacturing realities out of those dreams. Felix's account then makes a point of neoclassical economics as an anvil on which to hammer out a sharper sense of the content of our existence.This book, which demonstrates the author's zest for historical analysis and great story-telling ability, points to the central fact of a rising America--the intensely energizing interaction between polity and economy. The United States is the greatest power in world history, but the rise of another great power, China, is beginning to be increasingly apparent. One trusts that, drawing upon its deep resources, America will remember its history and traditions and continue as a superpower.
America Rising
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Author : William C. Dietz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
America Rising written by William C. Dietz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with categories.
1816
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Author : C. Edward Skeen
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2021-05-11
1816 written by C. Edward Skeen and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-11 with History categories.
“Makes the case for 1816 as an important year in the development of the American nation. Well-written and -researched . . . recommended.”—Library Journal The year 1816 found America on the cusp of political, social, cultural, and economic modernity. Celebrating its fortieth year of independence, the country’s sense of self was maturing. Americans, who had emerged from the War of 1812 with their political systems intact, embraced new opportunities. For the first time, citizens viewed themselves not as members of a loose coalition of states but as part of a larger union. This optimism was colored, however, by bizarre weather. Periods of extreme cold and severe drought swept the northern states and the upper south throughout 1816, which was sometimes referred to as “The Year Without a Summer.” In 1816 , historian C. Edward Skeen illuminates this unique year of national transition. Politically, the “era of good feelings” allowed Congress to devise programs that fostered prosperity. Social reform movements flourished. This election year found the Federalist party in its death throes, seeking cooperation with the nationalistic forces of the Republican party. Movement west, maturation of political parties, and increasingly contentious debates over slavery characterized this pivotal year. 1816 marked a watershed in American history. This provocative book vividly highlights the stresses that threatened to pull the nation apart and the bonds that ultimately held it together. “Reveals a sense of the fragility of the American experiment.” —Boston Globe “Skeen narrates the major events of [the era’s] opening 12 months with great skill . . . with clarity and verve.” —Publisher’s Weekly “A very impressive exposition of political culture in the early republic.” —Andrew Burstein, author of Jefferson’s Secrets
America Rising
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Author : Charles Domina
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-12
America Rising written by Charles Domina and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12 with categories.
This book is an attempt to highlight some of the major issues facing the Trump Administration and is not about Trump, the man. Some of our most important problems have been all but removed from the national conversation or, rather, sacrificed on the altar of politics and ratings by those attempting to destroy the Trump Presidency and with it, the nation. These are the enemies within. On these pages information is provided, observations are made and some suggestions are offered. The main focus, however, is to get you the reader thinking about critical topics and perhaps, thinking about them in a new way. From knowledge comes interest, then, action and finally solutions. My hope is that this work will contribute, albeit in a small way, to those solutions.
Into The Guns
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Author : William C. Dietz
language : en
Publisher: Titan Books
Release Date : 2016-10-04
Into The Guns written by William C. Dietz and has been published by Titan Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-04 with Fiction categories.
Meteors entered Earth's atmosphere and exploded with the force of a nuclear blast. Earthquakes and tsunamis followed. Then China attacked believing the disaster was an act of war. America's landscape is decimated. As refugees across America compete with the military over scarce resources, a select group of individuals from the surviving corporate structure make a power play to rebuild the nation...
Still Ours To Lead
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Author : Bruce D. Jones
language : en
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Release Date : 2014-03-17
Still Ours To Lead written by Bruce D. Jones and has been published by Brookings Institution Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-17 with Political Science categories.
Is the United States still a "superpower"? How are the rising powers establishing themselves in international politics and security? What is the future of global stability? For over a decade, Bruce Jones has had a front-row seat as the emerging powers—principally China, India, and Brazil, but also Turkey, Indonesia, Korea, and others—thrust themselves onto the global stage. From Delhi to Doha to Beijing to Brasilia, he's met with the politicians, diplomats, business leaders, and scholars of those powers as they craft their strategies for rising influence—and with senior American officials as they forge their response. In Still Ours to Lead, Jones tells a nuanced story of American leadership. He artfully examines the tension between the impulse to rival the United States and the incentives for restraint and cooperation among the rising powers. That balance of rivalry and restraint provides the United States with a continued ability to solve problems and to manage crises at roughly the same rate as when American dominance was unquestioned. Maintaining the balance is central to the question of whether we will live in a stable or unstable system in the period to come. But it just so happens that this challenge plays to America's unique strength—its unparalleled ability to pull together broad and disparate coalitions for action. To succeed, America must adapt its leadership to new realities.
Battle Hymn
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Author : William C. Dietz
language : en
Publisher: Titan Books
Release Date : 2018-02-13
Battle Hymn written by William C. Dietz and has been published by Titan Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-13 with Fiction categories.
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Legion of the Damned Novels comes the final novel in a post-apocalyptic military science fiction trilogy about a nation wracked by a civil war.America is rising from the ashes of a global catastrophe, but in the wasteland that was once the USA, only the strong can survive...As people fight to survive the aftereffects of more than a dozen meteor strikes, a group of wealthy individuals conspires to rebuild the United States as a corporate entity called the New Confederacy, where the bottom line is law. As a second civil war rages, with families fighting against families on opposite sides, Union president Samuel T. Sloan battles to keep the country whole.After the fateful battle with her sister, the New Confederacy places a price on Union Army captain Robin "Mac" Macintyre's head. While dodging bounty hunters, Mac will do all that she can to help Sloan reunify the country, reclaiming a strategic oil reserve in the heart of Confederate territory and freeing hundreds of Union prisoners of war. But, to truly have peace, they will have to take down the New Confederacy's leadership—and that includes Mac's father, General Bo Macintyre.
The American Ascendancy
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Author : Michael H. Hunt
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2007-04-10
The American Ascendancy written by Michael H. Hunt and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-10 with History categories.
A simple question lurks amid the considerable controversy created by recent U.S. policy: what road did Americans travel to reach their current global preeminence? Taking the long historical view, Michael Hunt demonstrates that wealth, confidence, and leadership were key elements to America's ascent. In an analytic narrative that illuminates the past rather than indulges in political triumphalism, he provides crucial insights into the country's problematic place in the world today. Hunt charts America's rise to global power from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to a culminating multilayered dominance achieved in the mid-twentieth century that has led to unanticipated constraints and perplexities over the last several decades. Themes that figure prominently in his account include the rise of the American state and a nationalist ideology and the domestic effects and international spread of consumer society. He examines how the United States remade great power relations, fashioned limits for the third world, and shaped our current international economic and cultural order. Hunt concludes by addressing current issues, such as how durable American power really is and what options remain for America's future. His provocative exploration will engage anyone concerned about the fate of our republic.
Coat Of Nails
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Author : Rich Hughes
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Release Date : 2013-02-27
Coat Of Nails written by Rich Hughes and has been published by Createspace Independent Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-27 with Fiction categories.
In October, 1781 the British surrendered at Yorktown. In 1783, the Treaty of Versailles was signed. The American Revolution was done. And the new country's growing pains began. America was not a nation. Not by any stretch of the imagination. The country was made up of thirteen states all clustered on the eastern seaboard. (The American frontier, at some points, was less than 250 miles west of the Atlantic Ocean.) With no war to bind them together, the states went their own separate ways. Thirteen legislatures, one in each state, enacted laws and printed money and levied taxes based on their own self-interests. Seven states even maintained their own navies. There were no established national policies about things like freedom of speech or religion or even freedom itself. There were, after all, some 700,000 slaves in the states with no freedom at all. It took until 1788 for the Constitution to be adopted and 1789 for George Washington to be inaugurated as the first President of the United States of America. As America set out to find itself, the new country was beset by tribulations that wore a far more personal face. Coat of Nails is unique in weaving the major events and issues of the Revolutionary era into the story without suffocating it. While Coat of Nails is an historical romance, it involves the reader in the cotton trade, slavery, English aristocracy, the Swamp Fox, and a spurned and murderous woman. The tribulations of two 'impossible' lovers is the focus of the novel. A man and woman separated by circumstances, misconceptions, and heritages that are as incompatible as the savagery of the American frontier and the chamber music of English high society.The torment can only end when the lovers realize that to find one another they must first find themselves.
Mercury Rising John Glenn John Kennedy And The New Battleground Of The Cold War
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Author : Jeff Shesol
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2021-06-01
Mercury Rising John Glenn John Kennedy And The New Battleground Of The Cold War written by Jeff Shesol and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-01 with History categories.
A riveting history of the epic orbital flight that put America back into the space race. If the United States couldn’t catch up to the Soviets in space, how could it compete with them on Earth? That was the question facing John F. Kennedy at the height of the Cold War—a perilous time when the Soviet Union built the wall in Berlin, tested nuclear bombs more destructive than any in history, and beat the United States to every major milestone in space. The race to the heavens seemed a race for survival—and America was losing. On February 20, 1962, when John Glenn blasted into orbit aboard Friendship 7, his mission was not only to circle the planet; it was to calm the fears of the free world and renew America’s sense of self-belief. Mercury Rising re-creates the tension and excitement of a flight that shifted the momentum of the space race and put the United States on the path to the moon. Drawing on new archival sources, personal interviews, and previously unpublished notes by Glenn himself, Mercury Rising reveals how the astronaut’s heroics lifted the nation’s hopes in what Kennedy called the "hour of maximum danger."