{"product_id":"the-global-republic-frank-ninkovich-9780226164731","title":"The Global Republic: America's Inadvertent Rise to World Power","description":"For decades the United States has been the most dominant player on the world's stage. The country's economic authority, its globally forceful foreign policy, and its leading position in international institutions tend to be seen as the result of a long-standing, deliberate drive to become a major global force. Furthermore, it has become widely accepted that American exceptionalism--the belief that America is a country like no other in history--has been at the root of many of the country's political, military, and global moves. Frank Ninkovich disagrees. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e One of the preeminent intellectual historians of our time, Ninkovich delivers here his most ambitious and sweeping book to date. He argues that historically the United States has been driven not by a belief in its destiny or its special character but rather by a need to survive the forces of globalization. He builds the powerful case that American foreign policy has long been based on and entangled in questions of global engagement, while also showing that globalization itself has always been distinct from--and sometimes in direct conflict with--what we call international society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the second half of the twentieth century, the United States unexpectedly stumbled into the role of global policeman and was forced to find ways to resolve international conflicts that did not entail nuclear warfare. The United States's decisions were based less in notions of exceptionalism and more in a need to preserve and expand a flourishing global society that had become essential to the American way of life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sure to be controversial, \u003ci\u003eThe Global Republic\u003c\/i\u003e compellingly and provocatively counters some of the deepest and most common misconceptions about America's history and its place in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frank Ninkovich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022616473X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226164731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2014 pg. 105\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2015","brand":"Frank Ninkovich","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086394896639,"sku":"9780226164731","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f961b3c5-d31d-45f6-99c7-276fb1c01071.jpg?v=1769094431","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-global-republic-frank-ninkovich-9780226164731","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}