US History in the twentieth century
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In 1941, the famous publisher Henry Lus introduced the expression "American age" into the international political turnover. This concept became incredibly popular among the ruling US elite, since many considered it prophetic. Indeed, America in the 20th century became the most powerful state on the planet, on whose will the fate of mankind depended in many ways. The son of a missionary and a deeply pious man, Mr. Lus saw America in the role of a biblical "good Samaritan", who is disinterestedly helping the countries that have fallen into trouble. In 1941, it was precisely by such a Samaritan States for most humanity that they looked when they came to the rescue of those who were opposed to Nazism. Many continued to see in America a virtuous beginning when Washington began to fight communism. However, if in 1941 the United States considered almost all of humanity, with a slight exception of a handful of the Nazis, then already in 1971 in the wake of the World National Liberation Movement, human rights, anti-war movement and many other liberal-democratic social movements, the majority of the population of the planet She did not perceive America as a "good Samaritan." About how the largest country of the collective West and the leader of the free world lived an alarming "American age", the book proposed to the reader tells
Author:
Author:Glushakov Vadim
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
- Category:History & Geography
ISBN:
ISBN:978-560-425-134-8
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