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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... structure and impact of these mega - states and asks whether the United States shares their traits and behavior . Eschewing the standard focus on current U.S. foreign policy and the recent spate of pro- and anti - empire polemics ...
... Structures Introduction : The Imperial Arena 1. What Is an Empire ? 2. Frontiers 78 3. " Call It Peace " PART TWO : America's Turn 112 24 I 19 Introduction : Highland Park and Hiroshima 4. Frontiers and Forces in the Cold War 151 5. An ...
... structures throughout recorded history . Whether created in antiquity or patched together recently , and no matter how they differ in culture and ... structure created by military conquest far beyond the limits 3 Questions at the Outset.
American Ascendancy and Its Predecessors Charles S. Maier. a structure created by military conquest far beyond the limits of its original Latin peoples . In modern times , the French created a Euro- pean empire out of a revolutionary ...
... structure ) has evolved as a result of great wealth and power . It is to think through what has happened to the functioning of American democracy at home . It requires reflecting on the changes , not so much in our formal institutions ...