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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Garrison, Jim, 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Francisco : Berret-Koehler Publishers, ©2004.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
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.