Among Empires : American Ascendancy and Its Predecessors / Charles S. Maier.
Maier, Charles S., author.
2009
E183.7 -- M27 2006eb
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Title Among Empires : American Ascendancy and Its Predecessors / Charles S. Maier.
Author Maier, Charles S., author.
ISBN 9780674040458
DOI https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674040458
Published Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]
Copyright ©2007
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource (384 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.4159/9780674040458 doi
Call Number E183.7 -- M27 2006eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 325.320973
Summary This elegantly written book examines the structure and impact of empires and asks whether the United States shares their traits and behavior. Charles S. Maier outlines the essentials of empire throughout history, then explores the exercise of U.S. power in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. With learning, dispassion, and clarity, Among Empires offers bold comparisons and an original account of American power.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Prologue: Questions at the Outset
PART ONE: Recurring Structures
Introduction: The Imperial Arena
1. What Is an Empire?
2. Frontiers 78
3. "Call It Peace"
PART TWO: America's Turn
Introduction: Highland Park and Hiroshima
4. Frontiers and Forces in the Cold War
5. An Empire of Production
6. An Empire of Consumption
Afterword: The Vase of Uruk
Tables
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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