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Reid-Henry, Simon

Empire of democracy : the remaking of the west since the cold war, 1971-2017 - New York Simon & Schuster 2019 - vii,865,ip.

Contents
Introduction 1
Prologue: Two helicopters 13
Part I : Democracy unbound (1971-)
1. The unravelling 27
2. The crisis of capitalism 58
3. The reckoning 108
4. A split in the world 160
5. "Let fury have the hour" 191
6. The victory : remaking Europe 237
Part II : Novus Ordo Seclorum? (1989-)
7. America and "a world transformed" 273
8. The great convergence 312
9. A democratic peace? 355
10. The new prosperity 381
11. Farewell to all that 419
12. Blueprints for the new millennium 466
Part III : Victory without peace (2001-)
13. The assault on freedom 503
14. In the shadow of war 553
15. The great recession 591
16. Back to the streets 643
17. Crisis upon crisis 693
18. Epilogue: The end of an era? 736
Acknowledgements 755
Notes 759
Index 833

ISBN: 9781451684964

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
India--Bengal
Western countries
Politics and government
Liberalism
Civilization, Western

Dewey Class. No.: 320.9182 / REI