About the Book

Did September 11th change everything?
Is George W. Bush responsible for America‘s international isolation?
Why did the United States declare ‘war on terror‘, and what does this war mean for the future of the world?

Another American Century answers these questions with a sweeping and penetrating study of the United States since the end of the Cold War. Nicholas Guyatt reveals the economic, diplomatic and military dimensions of American foreign policy, and investigates what Americans say and believe about their relationship with the rest of the world. A major new chapter discusses September 11th, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the motives and ideas behind America‘s ‘war on terror‘.

Commendations

'A powerful analysis [that] raises fresh, fundamental questions about an entire range of US foreign policies that have deep roots in the American economic and cultural experience' - Walter LaFeber, Cornell University, author of Michael Jordan and the New Global Capitalism

'A succinct, bold and penetrating critique of the triumphalist ideology which insists on American domination' - Howard Zinn, author of A People‘s History of the United States

'A cogent and incisive history of the present' - Bruce Cumings, University of Chicago and author of The American Ascendancy

'A provocative book that provides an illuminating point of departure for future discussions about how to make the world more just and equitable and what responsibilities the United States should assume in such efforts' - Millennium Journal

'Well written…an important read' - Earthwatch

Contents

Introduction
1. The US and the Global Economy
2. The US and the International Community
3. The US and Military Power
4. American Missions
5. A New American Century?
Index

About the Author

Dr Nicholas Guyatt was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge and Princeton University. He is currently Assistant Professor of History at Simon Fraser University, British Columbia and is the editor of the Global History of the Present series author of The Absence of Peace: Understanding the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Academic Adoption Information

This book is used for teaching at the following institutions:

University College London