This book is the first comprehensive analysis of a crucial transitional period in American history, when the nation abandoned its previous isolationist tradition and accepted the burdens of global leadership in the aftermath of World War II.
Blaine T. Browne is Emeritus Professor at Broward College in Florida, USA, where he received an endowed teaching chair in 2007. He received a PhD in History from the University of Oklahoma in 1985 and was on the faculty of several universities and colleges. He is the author and/or co-author of numerous articles and ten books, most recently Dazed and Confused: America Confronts the 1970s (2023), Mighty Endeavor: The American Nation and World War II (2019) and with Robert C. Cottrell 1968: The Rise and Fall of the New American Revolution (2018). He has served as president of the Florida Conference of Historians and is still active in the organization. His current interests include American social, cultural and intellectual history as well as American wars.
