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Author Wertheim, Stephen, author.

Title Tomorrow, the world : the birth of U.S. global supremacy / Stephen Wertheim.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2020.
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 Levine Library - Circulating Collection  E744 .W5325 2020    Available
Description 262 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-252) and index.
Contents Introduction: The decision for dominance -- Internationalism before "isolationism," 1776-1940 -- World war for world order, May-December 1940 -- The Americo-British new order of 1941 -- Instrumental internationalism, 1941-1943 -- The debate that wasn't, 1942-1945 -- Conclusion: A distinctly American internationalism.
Summary "For most of its history, the United States avoided making political and military commitments that would entangle it in European-style power politics. Then, suddenly, it conceived a new role for itself as the world's armed superpower-and never looked back. In Tomorrow, the World, Stephen Wertheim traces America's transformation to the crucible of World War II, especially in the months prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. As the Nazis conquered France, the architects of the nation's new foreign policy came to believe that the United States ought to achieve primacy in international affairs forevermore"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Internationalism.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945.
United States -- Foreign relations.
United States -- Military relations.
ISBN 9780674248663 hardcover
067424866X hardcover
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