Description
This provocative work examines the United States as an emerging global empire, tracing the historical, economic, and strategic forces behind its expanding influence. Drawing comparisons with the British Empire, it explores America’s roles as a military power, political force, and champion of globalization—and questions whether it has the vision and resolve to manage those responsibilities. The book considers the consequences of intervention abroad, the tensions between empire and democracy, and the potential costs of an unwilling or inconsistent imperial policy. Insightful, wide-ranging, and deliberately challenging, it offers a powerful reassessment of America’s place in the modern world.
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paperback
Penguin Books
Published Jan 1, 2005
386 pages
ISBN: 9780143034797
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Details
First Published
2003
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Colossus by Niall Ferguson.