A timely exploration of one of the big geopolitical questions of
our time.
""'Empire' for a time became a quaintly antiquated word, banished
from the political spectrum with the collapse of European colonial
rule in Africa and Asia. Now, the word has come back as
journalists, scholars, and politicians try to come to grips with
the singular power of the United States.""--from "Lessons of
Empire"
In the shadow of America's recent military involvement in Iraq and
Afghanistan, distinguished historians of empires and noted
international relations specialists consider the dirty word
"empire" in the face of contemporary political reality. Is "empire"
a useful way to talk about America's economic, cultural, political,
and military power?
This final volume in the Social Science Research Council "After
September 11" series examines what the experience of past empires
tells us about the nature and consequences of global power. How do
the goals and circumstances of the United States today compare to
classical imperialist projects of rule over others, whether for
economic exploitation or in pursuit of a "civilizing mission"?
Reviewing the much contested history of domination by Western
colonizing powers, "Lessons of Empire" asks what lessons the
history of these empires can teach us about the world today.
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