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Is the United States overstretched in its international commitments? This book examines differing responses to overstretch in modern history, focusing mostly on military and economic policies in the U.S. and Britain over the past century.

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"Brawley injects a healthy dose of human agency into the often mechanistic study of hegemonic decline. Afterglow or Adjustment should be read carefully by anyone interested in understanding why powerful states are often slow to adjust to changing international circumstances." -- --William Roberts Clark, New York University

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1: Overextension and the Obstacles to Adjustment 2: From Ascendance to Afterglow: The Bank of England in British Hegemony 3: Afteglow Avoided?: The Federal Reserve, the Treasury, and the Breakdown of Bretton Woods 4: Institutional Innovation and Ineffective Leadership: The Bank of Amsterdam and the Stadholderate 5: Britain's Decline, Military Overcommitment, and the Committee of Imperial Defense 6: The Joint Chiefs of Staff and Military Overcommitment during American Leadership 7: The Rarity of Effective Adjustments

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      Publisher: Columbia University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 06/05/1999
      ISBN13: 9780231113267, 978-0231113267
      ISBN10: 0231113269
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Is the United States overstretched in its international commitments? This book examines differing responses to overstretch in modern history, focusing mostly on military and economic policies in the U.S. and Britain over the past century.

      Trade Review
      "Brawley injects a healthy dose of human agency into the often mechanistic study of hegemonic decline. Afterglow or Adjustment should be read carefully by anyone interested in understanding why powerful states are often slow to adjust to changing international circumstances." -- --William Roberts Clark, New York University

      Table of Contents
      1: Overextension and the Obstacles to Adjustment 2: From Ascendance to Afterglow: The Bank of England in British Hegemony 3: Afteglow Avoided?: The Federal Reserve, the Treasury, and the Breakdown of Bretton Woods 4: Institutional Innovation and Ineffective Leadership: The Bank of Amsterdam and the Stadholderate 5: Britain's Decline, Military Overcommitment, and the Committee of Imperial Defense 6: The Joint Chiefs of Staff and Military Overcommitment during American Leadership 7: The Rarity of Effective Adjustments

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