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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463890803321

Autore

Morefield Jeanne

Titolo

Empires without imperialism : Anglo-American decline and the politics of deflection / / Jeanne Morefield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-19-984411-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Disciplina

320.510941

Soggetti

Liberalism - Great Britain - History

Liberalism - United States - History

Imperialism

Electronic books.

Great Britain Colonies History

United States Insular possessions History

United States Territories and possessions History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Empires Without Imperialism; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One Strategies of Antiquity; 1 Alfred Zimmern's "Oxford Paradox": Displacement and Athenian Nostalgia; 2 Falling in Love with Athens: Donald Kagan on America and Thucydides's Revisionism; Part Two Metanarrative Strategies; 3 The Round Table's Story of Commonwealth; 4 The Empire Whisperer: Niall Ferguson's Misdirection, Disavowal, and the Perilousness of Neoliberal Time; Part Three Strategies of Character; 5 Empire's Handyman: Jan Smuts and the Politics of International Holism

6 Michael Ignatieff's Tragedy: Just As We Are, Here and NowNotes; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The end of the Cold War ushered in a moment of nearly pure American dominance on the world stage, yet that era now seems ages ago. Since 9/11 many informed commentators have focused on the relative decline of American power in the global system. While some have



welcomed this as a salutary development, outspoken proponents of American power--particularly neoconservatives--have lamented this turn of events. As Jeanne Morefield argues in Empires Without Imperialism, the defenders of a liberal international order steered by the US have both invoked nostalgia for a golden liberal past and succumbed