02206cam a2200421 4500 508127007 TxAuBib 20210804120000.0 200910t20212020||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781786079879 hardback 1786079879 hardback (OCoLC)1222796911 TxAuBib Pembroke, Michael, 1955- America in retreat : the decline of US leadership from WW2 to COVID-19 / Michael Pembroke. Decline of US leadership from WW2 to COVID-19. London : Oneworld, 2021. ©2020. 324 pages ; 24 cm. First published by Hardie Grand Books, 2020--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references and index. In the heady days after 1945, the authority of the United States was unrivalled and, with the founding of the UN, a new era of international co-operation seemed to have begun. But seventy-five years later, its influence has already diminished. This book is a short history of that decline; how high standards and treasured principles were ignored; how idealism was replaced by hubris and moral compromise; and how adherence to the rule of law became selective. It is also a look into the future - a future dominated by greater Asia and China in particular. We are in the midst of the third great power shift in modern history - from Europe to America to Asia. 20210804. International obligations. Treaties. Presidents United States History 20th century. Presidents United States History 21st century. History United States General. International obligations. Politics and government. Presidents. Treaties. United States History, Military. United States History 1945- United States Politics and government 1945-1989. United States Politics and government 1989- Military history.