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03539aam a2200445 i 4500 001 0EBED0A27F5111E8A5BED64C97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180704011050 008 150610r20142013nyuab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2015413455 020 $a 1594037582 020 $a 9781594037580 035 $a (OCoLC)870292153 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BDX $d JTB $d CDX $d OCLCQ $d OCL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 100 1 $a Black, Conrad. 245 10 $a Flight of the eagle : $b the grand strategies that brought America from colonial dependence to world leadership / $c Conrad Black. 250 $a First paperback edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Encounter Books, $c 2014. 300 $a xvii, 746 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 23 cm 500 $a "With a new preface by the author and an introductory note by Henry A. Kissinger"--Cover. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 1. The aspirant state, 1754-1836 -- The path to independence: The British and Americans defeat the French in America, 1754-1774 -- Independence: The Americans and French defeat the British in America, 1774-1789 -- Creating a new republic in the world, 1789-1809 -- Reconciling with Britain abroad, and with slavery at home, 1809-1836 -- 2. The predestined people, 1836-1933 -- Slavery: The house divided, 1836-1860 -- Civil War and reconstruction: The agony and triumph of the American union, 1860-1889 -- A new great power in the world, 1889-1914 -- The crisis of democracy: world war, isolationism, and depression, 1914-1933 -- 3. The indispensable country, 1933-1957 -- Toward America's rendezvous with destiny, 1933-1941 -- The victory of democracy in the West, 1941-1945 -- From world war to cold war, 1945-1951 -- The red scare and the free world, 1951-1957 -- 4. The supreme nation, 1957-2013 -- Peace and prosperity, 1957-1965 -- Vietnam and deÌtente, the beginning of the end of the cold war, 1965-1973 -- To the summit of the world, 1973-1992 -- Waiting for the future, 1992-2013. 520 $a Black describes nine "phases" of the strategic rise of the nation, in which it progressed through grave challenges, civil and foreign wars, and secured a place for itself under the title of "Superpower." He discredits prevailing notions that our unrivaled status is the product of good geography, demographics, and good luck. Instead, he reveals and analyzes the specific strategic decisions of great statesmen through the ages that transformed the world as we know it and established America's place in it. 650 0 $a Strategic culture $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Presidents $z United States $x History. 650 7 $a Diplomatic relations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01907412 650 7 $a International relations administration. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01353398 650 7 $a Presidents. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01075723 650 7 $a Strategic culture. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01745709 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations administration. 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 775 08 $i Reproduction of: $a Black, Conrad. $t Flight of the eagle. $b First American edition. $d New York : Encounter Books, 2013 $h xiii, 746 pages ; 24 cm $n Call number of original: E183.7.B57 2013 $w (DLC) 2012038962 941 $a 1 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20180704015950.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0EBED0A27F5111E8A5BED64C97128E48 994 $a C0 $b C@VInitiate Another SILO Locator Search