Empires without imperialism : Anglo-American decline and the politics of deflection / / Jeanne Morefield
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Morefield Jeanne
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| Titolo: |
Empires without imperialism : Anglo-American decline and the politics of deflection / / Jeanne Morefield
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| 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 |
| ISBN: | 0-19-984411-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910787870503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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