America Between the Wars From 11/9 to 9/11; The Misunderstood Years Between the Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Start of the

On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall collapsed, taking the Cold War down with it. The next twelve years passed in a haze of self-congratulation, Republican confusion, and angst, and economic prosperity—until they ended abruptly with a stunning catastrophe on September 11, 2001. In America Between Th...

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Main Authors Chollet, Derek, Goldgeier, James
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published New York PublicAffairs 2009
Edition1
Subjects
1989
20th century
Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
Foreign relations
History
Influence
Political culture
Politics and government
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
Social change
United States
World politics
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Summary:On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall collapsed, taking the Cold War down with it. The next twelve years passed in a haze of self-congratulation, Republican confusion, and angst, and economic prosperity—until they ended abruptly with a stunning catastrophe on September 11, 2001. In America Between The Wars, Derek Chollet and James Goldgeier blend deep expertise with broad access to both parties' political and policy establishments to find out how—and why—America failed to recognize that when we became the sole superpower with responsibility for the world's oversight, we overlooked how the new world actually worked.
ISBN:9781586487058
1586487051