TY - BOOK AU - Garrison,Jim TI - America as empire: global leader or rogue power? SN - 9781605097114 AV - E902 .G37 2004eb U1 - 327.73 22 PY - 2004/// CY - San Francisco PB - Berret-Koehler Publishers KW - Balance of power KW - Imperialism KW - History KW - Équilibre des puissances KW - Impérialisme KW - Histoire KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Government KW - International KW - bisacsh KW - International Relations KW - General KW - fast KW - Diplomatic relations KW - Außenpolitik KW - gnd KW - Machtpolitik KW - Geschichte 2001-2004 KW - swd KW - United States KW - Foreign relations KW - 2001-2009 KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - États-Unis KW - Relations extérieures KW - Aspect moral KW - USA KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-206) and index; 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=390400 ER -