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The Deluge: The Great War, America and the Remaking of the Global Order, 1916-1931   Adam Tooze
Very well written, highly intelligent, very well researched history of America’s economic and political ascendancy to world leadership. Amazing detail on the economic and political maneuvering of the belligerents in the war, after it, and through the 1920s. Not nearly enough about the domestic situation in the United States for me, but that is not a criticism of this excellent, impressive book. While his understanding of European economics and politics, and America’s growing involvement, in this period is impressive, wasn’t really what I was looking for. But an excellent book.