03101nam 2200625Ia 450 991045844860332120170815114152.01-280-84679-80-19-534557-61-4294-3848-79780195309027(CKB)1000000000400715(EBL)272930(OCoLC)79595381(SSID)ssj0000156431(PQKBManifestationID)11946845(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000156431(PQKBWorkID)10123782(PQKB)10204019(MiAaPQ)EBC272930(EXLCZ)99100000000040071520040603d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe folly of empire[electronic resource] what George W. Bush could learn from Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson /John B. JudisNew York Scribnerc20041 online resource (257 p.)"A Lisa Drew book."0-19-530902-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-229) and index.Contents; Introduction; I. An Empire of Liberty: The Framework of American Foreign Policy; II. America's Imperial Moment; III. Theodore Roosevelt and the Heel of Achilles; IV. Woodrow Wilson and the Way to Liberty; V. Woodrow Wilson and the Conscience of the World; VI. Franklin Roosevelt and the Four Freedoms; VII. Cold War Liberalism from Truman to Reagan; VIII. Bush, Clinton, and the Triumph of Wilsonianism; IX. George W. Bush Sees Evil; X. George W. Bush and the Illusion of Omnipotence; Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; UVW; Y; ZA century ago, the Theodore Roosevelt administration believed building an American empire was the only way the U.S. could ensure its role in the world, but came to see the occupation of the Philippines as America's ""heel of Achilles."" Woodrow Wilson, shocked by the failure of Americanintervention in Mexico and by the outbreak of World War I, came to see imperialism as the underlying cause of war and set about trying to create an international system to eliminate empires. But, the current Bush administration, despite the lessons of the past, has revived the older dreams ofAmerican empire--unPresidentsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryImperialismImperialismHistory20th centuryUnited StatesForeign relations2001-2009United StatesForeign relations20th centuryUnited StatesPolitics and government20th centuryElectronic books.PresidentsHistoryImperialism.ImperialismHistory327.73009/04Judis John B741491MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458448603321The folly of empire2270063UNINA