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The ghost at the feast : America and the collapse of world order, 1900-1941 / Robert Kagan.
"A comprehensive, sweeping history of America's rise to global superpower--a follow up to the author's acclaimed first volume, from our nation's earliest days to the dawn of the twentieth century" -- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307262943
- ISBN: 0307262944
- Physical Description: 669 pages : maps ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House, 2023.
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf." |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 595-633) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | A tale of two wars -- Empire without "imperialism"; Imperialism without "empire" -- Collapse of the nineteenth-century world order -- The European war and American neutrality -- Schrechlichkeit and the submarine war -- "He kept us out of war" -- The path to war -- America declares war -- America and the "war to end all wars" -- The great war ends -- America and the European peace -- Wilson and the league fight -- A return to "normalcy"? -- The collapse of Europe and the rise of Hitler -- Toward a new order in Asia -- The Manchurian crisis -- The fascist challenge -- Franklin D. Roosevelt: Isolationist -- The United States and appeasement -- Kristallnacht and its effect on American policy -- Blitzkrieg and America's "great debate" -- Accelerating toward war -- The United States enters the war. |
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| Subject: | World politics > 1900-1945. United States > Foreign relations > 20th century. |
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- 7 of 8 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Kansas City Public Library | 327.73009 Kagan 2023 (Text) | 0001012503024 | Nonfiction New | Available | - |
