Primacy and Its Discontents: American Power and International Stability

by Michael E. Brown

Book Overview

Experts consider whether American primacy will endure or if the future holds a multipolar world of several great powers.

The unprecedented military, economic, and political power of the United States has led some observers to declare that we live in a unipolar world in which America enjoys primacy or even hegemony. At the same time public opinion polls abroad reveal high levels of anti-Americanism, and many foreign governments criticize...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262524554
• ISBN13: 9780262524551
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Mit Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher