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THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HAS CATALOGUED THE HARDCOVER EDITION AS FOLLOWS:
Black, Conrad.
Flight of the eagle: the grand strategies that brought America from colonial dependence to world leadership/Conrad Black.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-59403-759-7 (ebook)
1. United States—Foreign relations. 2. Strategic culture—United States—History. 3. United States—Foreign relations administration. 4. Presidents—United States—History. I. Title.
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CONTENTS
PREFACE TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION
Henry A. Kissinger
The Path to Independence: The British and Americans Defeat the French in America, 1754–1774
Independence: The Americans and French Defeat the British in America, 1774–1789
Creating a New Republic and Launching It in the World, 1789–1809
Reconciling with Britain Abroad, and with Slavery at Home, 1809–1836
TWO
The Predestined People, 1836–1933
CHAPTER FIVE
Slavery: The House Divided, 1836–1860
CHAPTER SIX
Civil War and Reconstruction: The Agony and Triumph of the American Union, 1860–1889
CHAPTER SEVEN
A New Great Power in the World, 1889–1914
CHAPTER EIGHT
The Crisis of Democracy: World War, Isolationism, and Depression, 1914–1933
THREE
The Indispensable Country, 1933—1957
CHAPTER NINE
Toward America’s Rendezvous with Destiny, 1933–1941
CHAPTER TEN
The Victory of Democracy in the West, 1941–1945
CHAPTER ELEVEN
From World War to Cold War, 1945–1951
CHAPTER TWELVE
The Red Scare and the Free World, 1951–1957
FOUR
The Supreme Nation, 1957—2013
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
