Summary: America Between the Wars E-Book

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• Herausgeber: Political Book Summaries
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 19

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

The must-read summary of Chollet and Goldgeier's book: "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 War on Terror".

This complete summary of "America Between the Wars" by Derek Chollet, former Assistant Secretary of Defense, and James Goldgeier, a renowned political professor, presents their examination of how the decisions made in the 12 years between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the beginning of the war on terror following 9/11 have shaped the world today. It attempts to outline how - and why - America failed to recognise that when they became the sole superpower with responsibility for the world’s oversight, they overlooked how the new world actually worked.

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Book Presentation: America Between the Wars by Derek Chollet and James Goldgeier

Book Abstract

When the Berlin Wall collapsed on November 9, 1989 – signaling the end of the Cold War – America and the West declared victory: Democracy and free markets had prevailed and the United States emerged as the world’s triumphant superpower. The next 12 years rolled by in a haze of self-congratulation. When that complacency was shattered on September 11, 2001, confused Americans asked themselves: How did we get here? In America Between the Wars, Chollet and Goldgeier examine how the decisions and debates of the years between the fall of the Wall on 11/9 and the collapse of the Twin Towers on 9/11 shaped the events, arguments, and politics of the world we live in today. This book tells the story of a generation of leaders grappling with a moment of dramatic transformation – changing how we should think about the recent past, and uncovering important lessons for the future.

About the Author

Derek Chollet is a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security in Washington, D.C. He teaches at Georgetown University and served in the State Department during the Clinton administration. James Goldgeiger teaches political science and international affairs at George Washington University. He is also a senior fellow on the Council of Foreign Relations.

Summary of America Between the Wars (Derek Chollet and James Goldgeier )

Introduction

President Bush insisted that the world irrevocably changed on 9/11. This was an emotional truth, however, not a factual truth. In reality, the seeds of the 9/11 tragedy were sown more than a decade earlier – on 11/9 of 1989 – when the world really did change in a fundamental way as the fall of the Berlin Wall signaled the end of the Cold War. The intervening years between 11/9 and 9/11 might be considered something of a “holiday from history,” at least in so far as a complacent U.S. public turned inward and many intellectuals insisted history had come to an end. However, it was America’s emergence as the world’s only superpower that set the stage not only for globalization, but also its dark underside (humanitarian crises, failed states, and terrorism).