Overview

The World Today Series,” USA and the World 2025–2026 presents an unusually penetrating look into America and its relationship to the rest of the world. The combination of factual accuracy and up-to-date detail along with its informed projections make this an outstanding resource for researchers, practitioners in international development, media professionals, government officials, potential investors and students. The content is thorough yet perfect for a one-semester introductory course or general library reference.

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Author:   David M. Keithly (University of California)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Edition:   20th edition
ISBN:  

9798881802554

Pages:   304
Publication Date:   19 February 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   To order  

Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter One: National Interest Priorities National Security The Northern Neighbor: Canada Regional Cooperation in the Western Hemisphere Europe’s Political and Economic Stability Russian Stability and Economic Development The Greater Middle East Stable Transitions in Africa Development in South Asia: India and Pakistan Asia Pacific Peace and Stability Promoting Democracy Transnational Threats The Environmental Dimension Realism and Democracy The American World Image Chapter Two: National Expansion Enduring Interests International Commerce In the Beginning The New Nation and Its Constitution First Diplomatic Steps Restructuring Strict Constructionism Unleashing the Dogs of War A Cautionary Tale Manifest Destiny Advances in Democracy America Becomes a Great Power The Path of Empire Chapter Three: Ascent to Globalism Europe’s Lights Go Out World War I The Paris Peace Conference, 1919–1920 Isolation and Normalcy: the 1920s Economic Problems of the Peace 1919–1939 The Dictators Take Over Neutrality and Appeasement Into the Abyss The Arsenal of Democracy America’s Entry War in the Pacific Pandora’s Box of Atomic Weaponry Wartime Planning for Peace Uniting for Peace Old Game, New Rules The East-West Conflict Cold War and Iron Curtain Power and Purpose Cracks in the Bloc Nationalism Triumphs Chapter Four: The Anguish of Power World Tensions On the Brink The Ordeal of Vietnam The Middle East Conflict Security in the Nuclear Age The Second Cold War Strategic Defense South of the Border The Arc of Crisis Looking East The World Turned Rightside Up The Middle East in Peace and War The Western Hemisphere Heirs of Pericles: NATO and OSCE Transnational Turbulence A Nation Apart? Cold Dawn Glossary of International Terms Chapter Five: Political Ideas and Political System Deliberative Bodies Separation of Powers Checks and Balances The Changing Constitution The Federal System The Legislative Branch The Executive Branch The Judicial Branch The States Elections in the United States Revved Up with Somewhere to Go All Politics is Local Glossary of Political Terms Chapter Six: The U.S. Economy Going Commercial Fluctuations Before 1860 Called to Account All the World’s An Exchange War and Peace, 1914–1919 The Crest of the Wave Exit Prosperity Comparative Disadvantage National Recovery 1934–1941 World War II The Bretton Woods System Patterns of International Economic Cooperation The Yellow Brick Road The “Soaring Sixties” Trade with the East Bloc Shocks to the System Meddling and Muddling The Navigator Go-Go Global Home to Roost What is Past is Prologue Cry Havoc Reindustrialization Glossary of Economic Terms Chapter Seven: A Nation of Nations Immigration Freedom and Civil Liberties The “Melting Pot” Demography as Destiny The Future Web Sites and Bibliography

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David M. Keithly is a retired university professor. He has published five books and over 80 articles in journals and magazines, and served as editor of The Defense Intelligence Journal and Civil Wars. He was a Fulbright fellow in Europe twice, a fellow of the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation at the University of California, a resident scholar at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Bonn, Germany, and a legislative fellow in the parliament of the German state of Thüringen. He is president of the Fulbright Association’s Southeast Virginia Chapter.

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