Among Empires: American Ascendancy and Its PredecessorsHarvard University Press, 24.04.2006 - 384 Seiten 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? |
Inhalt
What Is an Empire? | 24 |
Frontiers | 78 |
Call It Peace | 112 |
Americas Turn | 141 |
Highland Park and Hiroshima | 143 |
Frontiers and Forces in the Cold War | 151 |
An Empire of Production | 191 |
An Empire of Consumption | 238 |
The Vase of Uruk | 285 |
Tables | 297 |
Notes | 301 |
Acknowledgments | 347 |
351 | |
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Among Empires: American Ascendancy and Its Predecessors Charles S. Maier Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2007 |
Among Empires: American Ascendancy and Its Predecessors Charles S. Maier Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2007 |
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