000333758 000__ 01708cam\a2200313\a\4500 000333758 001__ 333758 000333758 005__ 20210513122123.0 000333758 008__ 070914s2008\\\\nyua\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000333758 010__ $$a 2007037539 000333758 020__ $$a9780743294089 000333758 020__ $$a0743294084 000333758 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn153578392 000333758 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dYDXCP$$dBTCTA$$dBAKER$$dC#P$$dIXA$$dYBM$$dTSU$$dSMP$$dCQU$$dISE 000333758 049__ $$aISEA 000333758 05000 $$aJZ1318$$b.T35 2008 000333758 08200 $$a320.1$$222 000333758 1001_ $$aTalbott, Strobe. 000333758 24514 $$aThe great experiment :$$bthe story of ancient empires, modern states, and the quest for a global nation /$$cStrobe Talbott. 000333758 250__ $$aBook Club ed. 000333758 260__ $$aNew York :$$bSimon & Schuster,$$c2008. 000333758 300__ $$ax, 478 p. :$$bill. ;$$c25 cm. 000333758 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [407]-454) and index. 000333758 5050_ $$aA gathering of tribes -- The imperial millennia -- Caravans at rest -- A light unto the nations -- The ecumenical state -- The poet and "the prince" -- Perpetual war and "perpetual peace" -- Blood and leather -- The American centuries -- Monsters to destroy -- Empty chairs -- The master builder -- A trusteeship of the powerful -- An end and a beginning -- The unipolar decades -- The new world order -- Seizing the day -- Hard power -- A theory of the case -- Going it alone -- A consequential aberration -- Conclusion: The crucial years. 000333758 650_0 $$aInternational organization$$xHistory. 000333758 650_0 $$aState, The$$xHistory. 000333758 650_0 $$aImperialism$$xHistory. 000333758 650_0 $$aGeopolitics$$xHistory. 000333758 85200 $$bgen$$hJZ1318$$i.T35$$i2008 000333758 85641 $$3Table of contents only$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0727/2007037539.html 000333758 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0804/2007037539-d.html 000333758 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:333758$$pGLOBAL_SET 000333758 980__ $$aBIB 000333758 980__ $$aBOOK