Made by the USA The International System [Paperback]

Made by the U.S.A., The International System is a historical account, embedded in a set of theoretical constructs, of the two hundred year drive by the United States to first, become a global power and, second, create an international security and economic system capable of protecting and promoting its strategic and economic interests.Introduction: The United States and the Changing Nature of the International System The Rise of New International Giant The New Giant's First Major Blunder The Humbling of Democracy A New Kind of War Exuberance Hindered Audacious Titan Made by the U.S.A. Appendix: The Cold War Was Not a Matter of Culpability

'...a competent and useful overview of the place of the United States in the international system in the last two centuries.' - Political Science Quarterly

Alex Roberto Hybel, Connecticut College, USA