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Because of the political, ideological, and institutional developments that converged at the time, young adults were indeed homeward bound. But they were also bound to the home.
Elaine Tyler May • Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era
Today, potential enemies proliferate not because of anything the United States does but because of who the United States is. This changes not only U.S. foreign policy but the institutional structure of the United States. The entire world is a potential antagonist and requires constant management.
George Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
I chose security over everything else.”
Elaine Tyler May • Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era
respectively—transforms colonial possession into benign and mutually agreeable exchanges, all the while disguising the material, economic, and political conditions under which colonized islanders labored.
Adria L. Imada • Aloha America: Hula Circuits through the U.S. Empire
The third development is a stronger emphasis on bounded polities and national sovereignty. Free movement of capital has weakened the power of labour while the free movement of people without national economic development has put pressures on wages and hit workers.
Adrian Pabst • Postliberal Politics: The Coming Era of Renewal
In 2014 American character changed. A large and influential generation came of age in the shadow of accumulating failures by the ruling class—especially by business and foreign policy elites. This new generation had little faith in ideas that previous ones were raised on: All men are created equal. Work hard and you can be anything. Knowledge is po
... See moreGeorge Packer • Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
Nothing captured the empty idealism of the age so much as the Kellogg-Briand Pact, which was initially signed by fifteen countries in 1928 and eventually included 62 signatories. The parties committed not to resort to war to settle disputes among them. It was less an act of serious foreign policy than an alternative to it—a high-minded statement wi
... See moreRichard Haass • The World
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