Empire for Liberty : : A History of American Imperialism from Benjamin Franklin to Paul Wolfowitz / / Richard H. Immerman.
How could the United States, a nation founded on the principles of liberty and equality, have produced Abu Ghraib, torture memos, Plamegate, and warrantless wiretaps? Did America set out to become an empire? And if so, how has it reconciled its imperialism--and in some cases, its crimes--with the id...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2010] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction:Contending with the American Empire
- Chapter 1. Benjamin Franklin and America's Imperial Vision
- Chapter 2. John Quincy Adams and America's Tortured Empire
- Chapter 3. William Henry Seward Reimagines the American Empire
- Chapter 4. Henry Cabot Lodge and the New American Empire
- Chapter 5. John Foster Dulles and the Conflicted Empire
- Chapter 6. Paul Wolfowitz and the Lonely Empire
- Postscript: The Dark Side
- Notes
- Index