At the Cliff's Edge

World Problems and U.S. Power

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Front Matter

Part I
The Beginnings and Growth of the Modern World

Chapter 1

One World, Big Problems

Chapter 2
Colonialism: The Earliest of The Big Four

Chapter 3

Capitalism: The Most Important of The Big Four

Chapter 4
Nationalism: Your Country Can Do no Wrong

Chapter 5
Industrialism: Invention Is the Mother of Necessity

Part II
The Global Spread, Functioning, and Breakdown of Industrial Capitalism, 1815–1945

Chapter 6
1815–1914: From Imperialism to World War I

Chapter 7

1914–1945: The Most Disastrous Years in History

Chapter 8

1945–1950s: From the Ashes Arising

Part III
Our World Today: Great Possibilities, Worsening Realities

Chapter 9
1950s–1960s: Monopoly Capitalism, the Cold War

Chapter 10

The U.S. Economy, 1970s–2000:

Its Crises and Triumphs, Achievements and Disasters

Chapter 11

1970s–2000: Social Deterioration, Politics, and Society

Chapter 12

Savaging the American Dream: Inequality, Corruption in Politics, The Media

Chapter 13

U.S. Militarism, Past and Present: Talking Peace, Making War

Part IV

Toward a Better World — or the Worst Ever?

Chapter 14

At the Cliff’s Edge

Chapter 15

A Democratic and Totalitarian or a Genuinely Democratic Society?

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2008-06-17