Among empires : American ascendancy and its predecessors /
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? A preeminent American historian addresses these issues in light of...
Основен автор: | Maier, Charles S. |
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Формат: | Електронна книга |
Език: | English |
Публикувано: |
Cambridge, Mass. ; London :
Harvard University Press,
2007.
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Издание: | 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed. |
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Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=282378 |
Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Among empires. |
Съдържание:
- I: Recurring structures
- The imperial arena
- What is an empire?
- Frontiers
- "Call it peace"
- II: America's turn
- Highland Park and Hiroshima
- Frontiers and forces in the Cold War
- An empire of production
- An empire of consumption
- The vase of Uruk.