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The Rise and Decline of the American Empire: Power and Its Limits in Comparative Perspective Hardcover – 8 Mar 2012

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The Rise and Decline of the American "Empire" explores the rapidly growing literature on the rise and fall of the United States. The author argues that after 1945 the US has definitely been the most dominant power the world has seen and that it has successfully met the challenges from, first, the Soviet Union and, then, Japan, and the European Union. Now, however, the United States is in decline: its vast military power is being challenged by asymmetrical wars, its economic growth is slow and its debt is rising rapidly, the political system is proving unable to meet these challenges in a satisfactory way. While the US is still likely to remain the world's leading power for the foreseeable future, it is being challenged by China, particularly economically, and also by several other regional Great Powers.

The book also addresses the more theoretical question of what recent superpowers have been able to achieve and what they have not achieved. How could the United States be both the dominant power and at the same time suffer significant defeats? And how could the Soviet Union suddenly collapse? No power has ever been omnipotent. It cannot control events all around the world. The Soviet Union suffered from imperial overstretch; the traditional colonial empires suffered from a growing lack of legitimacy at the international, national, and local levels. The United States has been able to maintain its alliance system, but only in a much reformed way. If a small power simply insists on pursuing its own very different policies, there is normally little the United States and other Great Powers will do. Military intervention is an option that can be used only rarely and most often with strikingly limited results.

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Hardcover: 222 pages
Publisher: OUP Oxford (8 Mar. 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0199646104
ISBN-13: 978-0199646104
Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 1.8 x 16.3 cm
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,060,842 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3206 in Books > Society, Politics & Philosophy > Government & Politics > International Relations
- #170325 in Books > History

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The Rise and Decline of the American Empire is an important book ... [it] represents the mature reflections of a distinguished scholar who still is very much on top of his game - as evidenced by some keen insights that are found in this book (Christopher Layne, H-Diplo Roundtable)

Lundestad has advanced our understanding of an important subject by developing and applying his conception of empire ... My hope ... is that others will take insights from his useful and accessible treatise and continue to explore the causal principles that link the present and the past. (James H. Lebovic, H-Diplo Roundtable)

Geir Lundestad has provided a readable, wide-ranging account of post-1945 international relations. His treatment encompasses not only the U.S. role as a superpower, but great power relationships more broadly, the rise (and in some cases decline) of regional powers, and the interplay of economics, institutions, and foreign policy. (Robert J. Lieber, H-Diplo Roundtable)

The book offers a useful introduction to some key concepts in international relations, particularly for students new to the subject. (Roger Morgan, Times Higher Education)

About the Author

Geir Lundestad has been the Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute since 1990 and a professor of international history at the University of Oslo since 1991. He has been a visiting scholar at Harvard University and the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC. He has written several highly acclaimed books on international history in general and on US foreign policy in particular.

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This book may help you understand current situation of the US 15 Sept. 2013

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The book introduces us with the rise and decline of all the well-known empires from Britain to the Soviet union. The author compares the situations of every single empire and its decline or fall with the situation in the US as we know it. Worthy buying for everyone interested in this field of political science or history.

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