{"product_id":"9781786079879-america-in-retreat","title":"America in Retreat","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Decline of US Leadership from WW2 to Covid-19\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe story of how America turned its back on the world. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe story of how America turned its back on the world. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the heady days after 1945, the authority of the United States was unrivalled and, with the founding of the UN, a new era of international co-operation seemed to have begun. But seventy-five years later, its influence has already diminished. The world has now entered a post-American era, argues Michael Pembroke, defined by a flourishing Asia and the ascendancy of China, as much as by the decline of the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is a short history of that decline; how high standards and treasured principles were ignored; how idealism was replaced by hubris and moral compromise; and how adherence to the rule of law became selective. It is also a look into the future – a future dominated by greater Asia and China in particular. We are in the midst of the third great power shift in modern history – from Europe to America to Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCovering wars in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, interventions in Iran, Guatemala and Chile, and a retreat from international engagement with the UN, WHO and, increasingly, trade agreements, Pembroke sketches the history of America’s retreat from universal principles to provide a clear-eyed analysis of the dangers of American exceptionalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450838200694,"sku":"9781786079879","price":22.33,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29699421.jpg?v=1760454056","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781786079879-america-in-retreat","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}