Globalization and America since 1945 [Paperback]

D. Clayton Brown has produced a book that is a must-read for every person interested in the nature of the international world community in which we all now live. The globalization process since 1945 has changed the world forever. There is no turning back. Brown's great contribution lies in his masterful synthesis of much of the relevant literature that reminds us of the beneifts and pitfalls of globalization andmost importantlythe imponderables of the future.Professor Brown has written a first-rate survey of American economic policy after the Second World War. It will be 'must-reading' for anyone interested in the twenty-first century's global economy.In this lucid and concise volume, D. Clayton Brown ably explains many of the international forces that have placed the United States at the center of our increasingly integrated world. A good choice for undergraduate classes.This brief volume provides an excellent introduction to a defining economic trend of the last half of the 20th century. Highly recommended.In 1999 more than 50,000 protestors at the World Trade Organization meeting turned downtown Seattle into a war zone. Windows were smashed, stores were looted, and 500 were arrested. In 2001 a demonstration at the Group of 7 meeting in Genoa, Italy, left one man dead as protestors clashed with police. And in 2002, only a few months after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, 201 demonstrators were arrested as 7,000 protested at the meeting of the World Economic Forum in New York City. What was the issue that evoked such intense, passionate and sometimes violent opposition? Globalization. Students are familiar with the term, but how to define the term and explain its many nuances and ramifications? In his new book, Globalization and America since 1945, D. Clayton Brown provides a brief, jargon-free and easy-to-understand overview of this important issue. This volume examines how the United States has impacted globalization and how it has been affected lC%