Among Empires: American Ascendancy and Its PredecessorsHarvard University Press, 2006. ápr. 24. - 384 oldal Contemporary America, with its unparalleled armaments and ambition, seems to many commentators a new empire. Others angrily reject the designation. What stakes would being an empire have for our identity at home and our role abroad? |
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... seemed empire enough to most of Jefferson's generation , although a few aspired to Canada or Cuba . Nonetheless , once acquired and incor- porated during the nineteenth century , the continental United States no longer appeared to have ...
... seemed far less important than the " soft power " ex- erted inside the empire . ( Vietnam alone produced major protests at home and abroad , as has the current intervention in Iraq . ) All of these military interventions were allegedly ...
... seemed to abate , although the acquisitions re- mained . Perhaps the current enthusiasm for taking on the tasks of " empire " will also prove ephemeral . Despite the atrophy of congres- sional debate , the simplification of issues by so ...
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