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Why the American Century? (Updated Edition) by Olivier Zunz Paperback, 270 Pages, Published 2000 ISBN-10: 0-226-99462-7 / 0226994627 ISBN-13: 978-0-226-99462-8 / 9780226994628 Ever since Henry Luce, the publisher of "Time" and "Life," proclaimed in 1941 that the 20th century is the "American Century," many Americans have been trying to understand their role in it. In a reinterpretation of America's rise to world power, this text shows how Americans appropriated the 20th c |