America's Half-Century

Did the United States "win" the Cold War? In its self-congratulatory euphoria, argues Thomas McCormick in this new edition of his highly acclaimed study, America neglected a twenty-year process of political and economic devolution--the real threat to global peace and prosperity. Revised andupdated through 1993, it describes how the end of the Cold War affected the United States's global role as well as suggesting what possibilities lie ahead for a restructured world-system.

Thomas J. McCormick is professor of history at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His Books include China Market.

Foreword

xi

(2)

Preface

xiii

(6)

Acknowledgments

xix

1. The Analytic Framework: The World-System, Hegemony, and Domestic Power

1

(16)

2. Seeking Supremacy: The Historical Origins of American Hegemony, 1895-1945

17

(26)

3. Cold War on Many Fronts, 1945-1946

43

(29)

4. The Crisis of the New Order, 1947-1950

72

(27)

5. Militarization and Third World Integration, 1950-1956

99

(26)

6. Hegemony at High Tide, 1957-1967

125

(30)

7. Dissent, Detente, and Decline, 1968-1976

155

(36)

8. The Carter Cold War, 1977-1980

191

(25)

9. The Reagan Cold War and Detente Revisited, 1981-1988

216

(21)

10. The End of the Cold War and the Future of Hegemony

237

(22)

Bibliographical Essay

259

(18)

Index

277

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