目录
1 The Opening of a New World
—America Before Its Independence 10
2 Birth of a New Nation
—The Beginning of America 45
3 The Maturing New Nation
—The Growth of America 75
4 Division and War
—The Civil War 105
5 The Rise of America
—With the Widening Gap Between Rich and Poor 135
6 From Superpower to Pauper
—The First World War and the Great Depression 165
7 America’s Position in the New World Order
—The Second World War and the Cold War 197
8 The Lonely Superpower
—America Today — From the New Frontier to the Iraq War 225
Index 索引 254
Vocabulary 词汇表 259