01613cam a2200253 i 4500 CY-PaNEU 20210702123622.0 210702t20202020mauab b 001 0 eng 9780674248663 MH/DLC eng rda DLC OCLCO OCLCF YDX TFW P$H CDC GYG CY-PaNEU E744 .W5325 2020 Wertheim, Stephen 13823 Tomorrow, the world : the birth of U.S. global supremacy / Stephen Wertheim Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2020 262 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm Gender group: gdr Men lcdgt Nationality/regional group: nat Americans lcdgt Occupational/field of activity group: occ Historians lcdgt Includes bibliographical references and index "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 United States Foreign relations United States Military relations 13824 BK 6480 6480 0 0 lcc 0 0 ma CY-PaNEU CY-PaNEU 2021-07-02 0 E744 .W5325 2020 3011189 2021-07-02 00:00:00 2021-07-02 BK