9781250787637-1250787637-Age of Illusions

Age of Illusions

ISBN-13: 9781250787637
ISBN-10: 1250787637
Edition: Reprint
Author: Andrew Bacevich
Publication date: 2021
Publisher: Picador Paper
Format: Paperback 256 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781250787637
ISBN-10: 1250787637
Edition: Reprint
Author: Andrew Bacevich
Publication date: 2021
Publisher: Picador Paper
Format: Paperback 256 pages

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Age of Illusions (ISBN-13: 9781250787637 and ISBN-10: 1250787637), written by authors Andrew Bacevich, was published by Picador Paper in 2021. With an overall rating of 3.7 stars, it's a notable title among other State & Local (United States History, Americas History) books. You can easily purchase or rent Age of Illusions (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used State & Local books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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A thought-provoking and penetrating account of the post-Cold war follies and delusions that culminated in the age of Donald Trump from the bestselling author of The Limits of Power.
When the Cold War ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Washington establishment felt it had prevailed in a world-historical struggle. Our side had won, a verdict that was both decisive and irreversible. For the world’s “indispensable nation,” its “sole superpower,” the future looked very bright. History, having brought the United States to the very summit of power and prestige, had validated American-style liberal democratic capitalism as universally applicable.
In the decades to come, Americans would put that claim to the test. They would embrace the promise of globalization as a source of unprecedented wealth while embarking on wide-ranging military campaigns to suppress disorder and enforce American values abroad, confident in the ability of U.S. forces to defeat any foe. Meanwhile, they placed all their bets on the White House to deliver on the promise of their Cold War triumph: unequaled prosperity, lasting peace, and absolute freedom.
In The Age of Illusions, bestselling author Andrew J. Bacevich takes us from that moment of seemingly ultimate victory to the age of Trump, telling an epic tale of folly and delusion. Writing with his usual eloquence and vast knowledge, he explains how, within a quarter of a century, the United States ended up with gaping inequality, permanent war, moral confusion, and an increasingly angry and alienated population, as well, of course, as the strangest president in American history.

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