Among empires: American ascendancy and its predecessors

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With learning, dispassion and clarity, this book offers comparisons and an original account of American power. It explores the exercise of US power in the 19th and 20th centuries, analysing its economic and strategic sources and the nation's relationship to predecessors and rivals.

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Full title :Among empires : American ascendancy and its predecessors / Charles S. Maier.

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Publication Date:©2006

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Harvard University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, Mass
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2006

Notes

Originally published: 2006.

The Physical Object

Description:373 pages ; : 21 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780674025561, 0674025563
oclc:ocn159631693
LC Classification:E183.7 .M27 2007
Dewey Decimal:325.320973

Pt. I. Recurring structures. Introduction : the imperial arena -- What is an empire? -- Frontiers -- "Call it peace" -- pt. II. America's turn. Introduction : Highland Park and Hiroshima -- Frontiers and forces in the Cold War -- Empire of production -- Empire of consumption -- Afterword : the vase of Uruk.

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Case studies Diplomatic relations États-Unis -- Relations extérieures -- … États-Unis -- Relations extérieures -- … History Imperialism Imperialism -- Case studies Imperialism -- History Impérialisme -- Études de cas Impérialisme -- Histoire National characteristics, American United States United States -- Foreign relations -- 1… United States -- Foreign relations -- 2…