LEADER 03161nam 2200625 450 001 9910809973303321 005 20230803195447.0 010 $a0-19-984411-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000545034 035 $a(EBL)1653214 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001211844 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11693788 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001211844 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11206148 035 $a(PQKB)11431053 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1653214 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10843289 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL580624 035 $a(OCoLC)872642968 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1653214 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000545034 100 $a20140318h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEmpires without imperialism $eAnglo-American decline and the politics of deflection /$fJeanne Morefield 210 1$aOxford, [England] ;$aNew York, New York :$cOxford University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (305 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-938725-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $a6 Michael Ignatieff's Tragedy: Just As We Are, Here and NowNotes; INDEX 330 $aThe 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 606 $aLiberalism$zGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aLiberalism$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aImperialism 607 $aGreat Britain$xColonies$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xInsular possessions$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xTerritories and possessions$xHistory 615 0$aLiberalism$xHistory. 615 0$aLiberalism$xHistory. 615 0$aImperialism. 676 $a320.510941 700 $aMorefield$b Jeanne$0781568 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809973303321 996 $aEmpires without imperialism$91733128 997 $aUNINA