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?An unblinkered look at our imperial past . . . a perceptive work by one of our most perceptive historians.??Studs TerkelA work of remarkable prescience, Empire As A Way of Life is influential historian William Appleman Williams?s groundbreaking work highlighting imperialism??empire as a way of life??as the dominant theme in American history. Analyzing U.S. history from its revolutionary origins to the dawn of the Reagan era, Williams shows how America has always been addicted to empire in its foreign and domestic ideology. Detailing the imperial actions and beliefs of revered figures such as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, this book is the most in-depth historical study of the American obsession with empire, and is essential to understanding the origins of our current foreign and domestic undertakings.Back in print for the first time in twenty-five years, this new edition features an introduction by Andrew Bacevich, author of The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War and American Empire: The Realities and Consequences of U.S. Diplomacy.
Llegir més - Autor/a WILLIAM APPLEMAN WILLIAMS
- ISBN13 9780977197231
- ISBN10 0977197239
- Pàgines 225
- Any Edició 2006
- Fecha de publicación 01/09/2006
- Idioma Alemany, Francès
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Empire As A Way Of Life (Alemany, Francès)
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- WILLIAM APPLEMAN WILLIAMS
- 9780977197231



