History, however, is not a linear narrative of progress. Rights may be won and taken away; gains are never complete or uncontested, and popular movements generate their own countervailing pressures. The Century: A Nation's-Eye View (2002)
America's historic sense of mission has been redefined to mean the creation of a single global free market. The Century: A Nation's-Eye View (2002)
Even as the United States has risen to become the predominant international power, however, conflict has persisted over the nature of American society itself and what its role in the world should be. The Century: A Nation's-Eye View (2002)
America at the turn of this century is a far freer, more egalitarian society than in 1900. The Century: A Nation's-Eye View (2002)