A Patriot’s History® of the Modern World: From America’s Exceptional Ascent to the Atomic Bomb: 1898

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Patriot’s History® is a registered trademark of Larry Schweikart & Michael Allen.

Map illustrations by Philip Schwartzberg, Meridian Mapping, Minneapolis

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Schweikart, Larry.

A patriot’s history of the modern world / Larry Schweikart and Dave Dougherty.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: [v. 1.] From America’s exceptional ascent to the atomic bomb : 1898–1945

ISBN: 978-1-101-60168-6

1. United States—History—20th century. 2. United States—History—21st century. 3. United States—Foreign relations. 4. United States—Influence. I. Dougherty, Dave. II. Title.

E741.S247 2012

973.91—dc23

2012027033

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