01553cam a2200229 i 4500003000900000005001700009008004100026020001800067040007500085050002200160100002200182245008200204264008500286300003400371386003500405386005500440386006600495504005000561520063700611651003701248651003801285CY-PaNEU20210702123622.0210702t20202020mauab    b    001 0 eng    a9780674248663  aMH/DLCbengerdacDLCdOCLCOdOCLCFdYDXdTFWdP$HdCDCdGYGdCY-PaNEU00aE744b.W5325 20201 aWertheim, Stephen10aTomorrow, the world :bthe birth of U.S. global supremacy /cStephen Wertheim 1aCambridge, Massachusetts :bThe Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,c2020  a262 p. :bill., maps ;c25 cm  mGender group:ngdraMen2lcdgt  mNationality/regional group:nnataAmericans2lcdgt  mOccupational/field of activity group:noccaHistorians2lcdgt  aIncludes bibliographical references and index  a"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"--cProvided by publisher 0aUnited StatesxForeign relations 7aUnited StatesxMilitary relations