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

by Chollet, Derek; Goldgeier, James

• ISBN13: 9781586487058
• ISBN10: 1586487051
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-06-02
• Publisher: PublicAffairs

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 prosperityuntil 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 howand whyAmerica 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.

Author Biography

Derek Chollet is a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security in Washington, D.C.

James Goldgeier is a professor of political science at George Washington University and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Table of Contents

Preface: Between the Wars	p. ix
The Lone Superpower, Adrift	p. 1
Democrats Unite	p. 29
Wrong Foot Forward	p. 53
Contract and Crisis	p. 85
Turning Point	p. 113
The Indispensable Nation in a Globalizing World	p. 146
"Remembering the Past and Imagining the Future"	p. 178
Liberal Bombs, Conservative Shields	p. 210
New World Disorder	p. 244
The End of the Modern Interwar Years	p. 280
The 11/9 World	p. 313
From 11/9 to 9/11: A Chronology	p. 331
Notes	p. 343
Bibliography	p. 377
Acknowledgments	p. 387
Index	p. 391
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