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



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Autore: Morefield Jeanne Visualizza persona
Titolo: Empires without imperialism : Anglo-American decline and the politics of deflection / / Jeanne Morefield Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014
©2014
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
Disciplina: 320.510941
Soggetto topico: Liberalism - Great Britain - History
Liberalism - United States - History
Imperialism
Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Colonies History
United States Insular possessions History
United States Territories and possessions History
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
Titolo autorizzato: Empires without imperialism  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-984411-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910787870503321
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