Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
The United States is a young state. It was born on 4 July 1776, when thirteen British colonies declared their independence. Today the federal union has 50 states, with very unequal levels of development. Yet the country ranks in the world's top three, both by population and by land area.
Geography is its first asset. Bordered by the Atlantic and the Pacific, the territory is protected by two natural barriers: for a long time, the country did not have to invest heavily in its own defense. Fertile land, oil and steel fed rapid growth, which took off after World War II. That is when the United States was called a superpower for the first time.
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- 21945: the army, the bomb and the dollar
- 3The American dream and soft power
- 4Why not London, Beijing or Moscow?
- 5Hollywood, Google, Ivy League: a universal attraction
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