Description
About the Author
Assistant Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley. Co-editor of The Shock of the Global: The International History of the 1970s (Harvard University Press, forthcoming, 2009).
Reviews
Daniel Sargent's comprehensive assessment of Nixon, Ford, and Carter foreign policies integrates geopolitical, economic, and human rights issues with such skill that it now must be the starting point for all future scholarship on that era. A major accomplishment by a talented young historian. * John Lewis Gaddis, Yale University *
Daniel Sargent's new book goes a long way toward illuminating the course of the Cold War and the U.S. engagement with globalization. Deeply researched and wonderfully well written, A Superpower Transformed blends world politics and international economics to explain the momentous changes in 1970s U.S. foreign relations. This is a brilliant contribution to our understanding of America's place in the world today. * Thomas ("Tim") Borstelmann, author of The 1970s: A New Global History from Civil Rights to Economic Inequality *
Daniel Sargent's book shows how the 'Cold War order' imploded during the 1970s, as rapid globalization shaped a new era of unpredictability, fragmentation, and improvised policies. With its deep research, fresh interpretations, beautiful writing, and tight focus on questions of how power is exercised, A Superpower Transformed is a work of major importance. * Emily S. Rosenberg, author of Transnational Currents in a Shrinking World, 1870-1945 *
Ambitious in its design, capacious in its coverage, this eloquent and nuanced analysis will be essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the origins of the contemporary era. * Matthew J. Connelly, Columbia University *
will likely have a long-lasting impact on our understanding of the role of the United States in the 1970s. Daniel J. Sargent writes vividly and makes many of the complicated issues he discusses clearer with helpful charts, tables, and graphs. Sargent's book is also highly relevant today, as it demonstrates the challenges of policy making in turbulent and changing times. * Sarah B. Snyder, American Historical Review *
Book Information
ISBN 9780195395471
Author Daniel J. Sargent
Format Hardback
Page Count 452
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 699g
Dimensions(mm) 236mm * 157mm * 38mm