Empire for liberty : a history of American imperialism from Benjamin Franklin to Paul Wolfowitz /

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How could the United States, a nation founded on the principles of liberty and equality, have produced Abu Ghraib, torture memos, Plamegate, and warrantless wiretaps? Did America set out to become an empire? And if so, how has it reconciled its imperialism--and in some cases, its crimes--with the id...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Immerman, Richard H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2010]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Imperialism > History.
Liberty > Political aspects > United States > History.
Impérialisme > Histoire.
Liberté > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Imperialism
Diplomatic relations
Liberty > Political aspects
Territorial expansion
Imperialismus
United States > Foreign relations.
United States > Territorial expansion > History.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures.
États-Unis > Expansion territoriale > Histoire.
United States
USA
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : contending with the American empire
  • Benjamin Franklin and America's imperial vision
  • John Quincy Adams and America's tortured empire
  • Wlliam Henry Seward reimagines the American empire
  • Henry Cabot Lodge and the new American empire
  • John Foster Dulles and the conflicted empire
  • Paul Wolfowitz and the lonely empire
  • Postscript : the dark side.

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