Grand Improvisation: America Confronts the British Superpower, 1945-1957

by Derek Leebaert

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A new understanding of the post World War II era, showing what occurred when the British Empire wouldn't step aside for the rising American superpower--with global insights for today.

An enduring myth of the twentieth century is that the United States rapidly became a superpower in the years after World War II, when the British Empire--the greatest in history--was too wounded to maintain a global presence. In fact, Derek Leebaert...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0374250723

ISBN13:9780374250720

Release Date:October 2018

Publisher:Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Length:624 Pages

Weight:2.00 lbs.

Dimensions:1.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"

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History Political Science Politics & Social Sciences

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