Does the United States today preside over a global empire?
America's emergence as the world's dominant power in the 1990s
nurtured the perception-initially more pronounced abroad than at
home-that with the passing of the cold war the United States had
indeed become an imperial republic. Some observers, convinced that
American power is necessarily benign, welcome that new reality.
Others are not so sure. In The Imperial Tense, Andrew Bacevich has
drawn together a stimulating collection of arguments on a subject
of compelling current importance. Since September 11 and the
ensuing "war on terror," President Bush's sweeping rhetoric and
national security strategy has affirmed the imperial nature of
American foreign policy, provoking concerns over where those
ambitions may lead. What is the nature and scope of the American
empire? What are its prospects and challenges? Is American power
adequate for the task of managing a global imperium? And what of
will-are the American people prepared to pay the price that the
preservation of that empire may demand? The Imperial Tense offers
cogent reflections on these and related questions by leading
scholars and commentators, including Mr. Bacevich (who has also
written the Introduction), James Chace, Stanley Hoffmann, Charles
Krauthammer, Charles Maier, David Rieff, Deepak Lal, John Milbank,
Jonathan Freedland, Peter Bender, Martin Walker, Perry Anderson,
Jedediah Purdy, G. John Ikenberry, Stephen Books, William
Wohlworth, David Marquand, David North, Gabriel Ash, Ivan Eland,
and Victor Davis Hanson.
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