| ISBN | 9780197534670 |
| Call Number | E183.7 .T45 2022 |
| Author | Thompson, William R. |
| Title | American Global Pre-eminence : The Development and Erosion of Systemic Leadership / William R. Thompson |
| Imprint | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2022 |
| Physical | 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series | Oxford scholarship online (12) |
| Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Content | 1. American Systemic Leadership: Its Unparalleled Rise and Slow Retreat -- 2. System Leadership, Rise and Relative Decline in the Global Political Economy -- 3. The Rise of the U.S. Economy -- 4. The 1920-45 Shift in U.S. Foreign Policy Orientation: Theory, Grand Strategies and System Leader Ascents -- 5. The Relative Decline of the United States -- 6. The Dysfunctionality of Domestic Politics: A Form of Absolute Decline -- 7. The Unipolarity Mirage -- 8. Inching Toward the Primus inter Pares Model and the End of Systemic Leadership as We Have Come to Know It? -- 9. The Second Sino-American Rivalry -- 10. The Future of World Order |
| Summary | Most discussions of US decline in global politics couch their arguments and evidence in the most contemporary context. But the US follows a global lineage that has been emerging and evolving for centuries. In 'American Global Pre-Eminence', William R. Thompson argues that systemic leadership is based on a pecking order established by leads in technological innovation, energy, and global reach. The ultimate irony is that as it becomes clearer how these variables interact, the processes under scrutiny may be fundamentally transforming. Thompson asks whether it remain possible for a single state to lead the global system as in the past. |
| Subject | Political leadership. (6) |
| | Balance of power. (4) |
| | United States -- Foreign relations. (8) |
| | United States -- Politics and government. (35) |
| Holding | LIC |
