Estrangement : America and the World

The United States is today at greater odds with its major adversary, less united with its former allies, and more deeply troubled by its relationships with Third World nations than at any other time in the post-war period. This book, sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, explores the reasons for this isolation. A dozen leading scholars, among them Philip L. Geyelin, Lester Thurow, and Frances Fitzgerald, examine the symptoms, causes, and long-range effects of America's increasingly estranged position in the world. Afghanistan, the Arab oil embargo, and the revolution in Iran are cast in a new and revealing light. The perceptions and varying points of view of these experts make an important contribution to both the American and the international debate on world affairs. Readership: scholars and students of modern American studies, and American politics