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Reconsidering American power : Pax Americana and the social sciences / John D. Kelly, Kurt Jacobsen, and Marston H. Morgan

Kelly, John Dunham, 1958- [Herausgeberin/-geber] ; Jacobsen, Kurt, 1949- [Herausgeberin/-geber] ; Morgan, Marston H. [Herausgeberin/-geber]

New Delhi : Oxford University Press, [2020]

1 Online-Ressource

Englisch

Erscheint auch als: (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-0-19-909780-7 (ebook); 978-0-19-909779-1

978-0-19-949058-5 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 1152596239     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Resolving-System (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1093/oso/9780199490585.001.0001

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LOC-SH: Political sociology -- United States ; United States -- Relations

Political sociology ; United States ; United States ; Relations

This volume offers trenchant studies by renowned scholars who reassess the role of the social sciences in the construction and upkeep of the Pax Americana. The thematic image for this enterprise is the 'fiery hunt' for Ahab's whale, which focuses attention on the strange brew of mixed motives for American ventures abroad. The reach of Pax Americana exceeds its grasp, but this verdict requires deeper insight than simply flushing out cultural premises and conceptual limits. The volume's purpose is to understand the USA's 'fiery hunt,' and thereby to help to end it.