America as empire : global leader or rogue power? /
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.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Francisco :
Berret-Koehler Publishers,
©2004.
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Edición: | 1st ed. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.