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9780761826743

Twilight of a Hegemony The Late Career of Imperial America

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  • ISBN13:

    9780761826743

  • ISBN10:

    0761826742

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-11-05
  • Publisher: UPA
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Summary

Twilight of a Hegemony reflects on the self-defeating exercise of U.S. primacy after replacing the Soviet counter-empire with a post-nuclear balance of terror. The author proposes a devolutionary alternative.

Author Biography

George Liska is Distinguished Service Professor emeritus of The Johns Hopkins University.

Table of Contents

Preface
Prologue: From Empire to Hegemony 1(6)
Anatomy of Terror in the Context of America Hegemony
7(14)
An Alterative to U.S.-Managed World Society
21(16)
Shapes of Violence Within A Genealogy of Dominance
37(14)
Epilogue: The Two Faces of Primacy in the Mirror of Politics 51(8)
Index 59
About the Author

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