{"product_id":"2026200009802-secondhand-pax-americana","title":"Pax Americana","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn\/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the height of the Cold War, a fundamental question haunted American foreign policy: how did a nation born in anti-colonial revolution become the architect of a global empire? Pax Americana confronts this paradox head-on, chronicling the dramatic transformation of the United States from an isolationist republic into a superpower with military commitments spanning every continent. Ronald Steel presents a sharp and unflinching audit of American interventionism, tracing the ideological ambitions, political miscalculations, and strategic overreach that came to define Washington's postwar dominance — an empire, he argues, acquired not by grand design, but by accident.\n\nSteel writes with the precision of a seasoned foreign correspondent and the analytical rigour of a historian, dissecting the myths of American exceptionalism with cool, authoritative prose. With an introduction by Sir Denis Brogan, Pax Americana situates the United States within a long tradition of imperial powers, drawing uncomfortable comparisons that remain searingly relevant. A landmark work of political journalism, it raises a question that still demands an answer: can a democracy sustain an empire without ultimately becoming one?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130596827355,"sku":"2026200009802-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/4ec523a6-2a61-446f-b2e0-732325661481.png?v=1786587132","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200009802-secondhand-pax-americana","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}