02243cam a2200361 i 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700700030003400800410003701000170007802000240009502000210011902000240014004000280016404100080019204200080020004300120020805000280022008200110024810000330025924501190029226400520041126400110046330000270047433600260050133700280052733800270055550400510058250503870063352007800102065100380180065100430183823566695BJBSDDR20260204150758.0ta240220s2024    nyu      b    001 0 eng    a  2023496588  a9780197746929 (pbk)  a0197746926 (pbk)  z9780197621813qepub  aDLCbengerdacDLCdDLC  aeng  apcc  an-us---14a002 E 183.7bM271f 202400a327.731 aMandelbaum, Michael, d1946-14aThe four ages of American foreign policy :bweak power, great power, superpower, hyperpower /cMichael Mandelbaum. 1aNew York, NY :bOxford University Press,c2024. 4c©2022  axv, 610 pages ;c24 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aIndependence, 1765-1788
In the shadow of the French Revolution, 1788-1815
The continental republic, 1815-1865
Great-power debut, 1865-1914
The offshore balancer, 1914-1933
The arsenal of democracy, 1933-1945
The contest of systems, 1945-1953
War improbable, peace impossible, 1953-1979
A superpower dies in bed, 1979-1990
The new world order, 1990-2001
Back to the future, 2001-2015  a"Terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington D.C. on September 11, 2001, launched the United States into three wars: a global war on terror; a war in Afghanistan; and a war against Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq. In both Afghanistan and Iraq American efforts to install stable, democratic, friendly governments encountered opposition, and the United States found itself fighting against insurgencies in both places. In 2008, a severe financial crisis struck America, which led to a prolonged global recession. By the end of this period, Russia, China, and Iran had begun to mount serious challenges to American interests in Europe, East Asia, and the Middle East respectively. This brought an end to the fourth age of American foreign policy"--cProvided by publisher. 0aUnited StatesxForeign relations. 4aEstados Unidos xRelaciones exteriores