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In The Global Gamble, Peter Gowan argues that, since the collapse of the Soviet bloc, the US government has been pursuing an attempt to construct a global empire a unipolar world in which Washington can control and shape the pattern of economic and political change in all regions of the globe. Only by understanding this ambition can we grasp the dynamics of international politics and economics in the contemporary world. Gowan explores the origins and distinctive forms of Washington's imperial project, from the collapse of the Soviet bloc through to the Gulf War of 1991, developments in the…
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1 edition- Other · English · 1999Verso · 320 pages · 9781859848746
Foreign relationsWorld politicsUnited states, foreign relations, 1989-North atlantic treaty organizationImperialismWorld politics, 20th centuryForeign economic relationsPolitics and government