The folly of empire what George W. Bush could learn from Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson /
A century ago, the Theodore Roosevelt administration believed building an American empire was the only way the U.S. could ensure its role in the world, but came to see the occupation of the Philippines as America's "heel of Achilles." Woodrow Wilson, shocked by the failure of American...
| Основен автор: | Judis, John B. |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=179971 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Folly of empire. |
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A century ago, the Theodore Roosevelt administration believed building an American empire was the only way the U.S. could ensure its role in the world, but came to see the occupation of the Philippines as America's "heel of Achilles." Woodrow Wilson, shocked by the failure of Americanintervention in Mexico and by the outbreak of World War I, came to see imperialism as the underlying cause of war and set about trying to create an international system to eliminate empires. But, the current Bush administration, despite the lessons of the past, has revived the older dreams ofAmerican empire--unde. |
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| Описание на библ. документ: |
Originally published: New York : Scribner, ℗♭2004. |
| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (ix, 245 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-229) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780195345575 0195345576 9780195309027 0195309022 |