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America as empire : global leader or rogue power? / Jim Garrison.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: San Francisco : Berret-Koehler Publishers, ©2004.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (xii, 224 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781605097114
  • 160509711X
  • 9781609943158
  • 1609943155
  • 9781605097121
  • 1605097128
  • 1283268698
  • 9781283268691
  • 9786613268693
  • 6613268690
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: America as empire.DDC classification:
  • 327.73 22
LOC classification:
  • E902 .G37 2004eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: From Republic to Empire 2 -- 1 America and the World 10 -- 2 A Mighty Fortress on Shifting Sands 24 -- 3 America's Journey to Empire 48 -- 4 The Roots of American Preeminence 72 -- 5 Empire and Its Discontents 92 -- 6 The Rise and Fall of Empires 108 -- 7 The Roman Achievement 128 -- 8 America at the Choice Point 150 -- 9 The Final Empire 166.
Summary: In this timely and telling book, Garrison argues that the preoccupation with military expansion is a fatal mistake, citing both FDR and Harry Truman as models for combining military power with institution building.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-206) and index.

In this timely and telling book, Garrison argues that the preoccupation with military expansion is a fatal mistake, citing both FDR and Harry Truman as models for combining military power with institution building.

Introduction: From Republic to Empire 2 -- 1 America and the World 10 -- 2 A Mighty Fortress on Shifting Sands 24 -- 3 America's Journey to Empire 48 -- 4 The Roots of American Preeminence 72 -- 5 Empire and Its Discontents 92 -- 6 The Rise and Fall of Empires 108 -- 7 The Roman Achievement 128 -- 8 America at the Choice Point 150 -- 9 The Final Empire 166.

English.

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