Colossus: Price of America's Empire (Record no. 220462)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 1594200130
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Transcribing agency AL
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Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
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Edition number 23
Classification number 327.73
Item number FERC
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Personal name Niall Ferguson
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Title Colossus: Price of America's Empire
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. The Penguin Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2004
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Extent x,384 p.
Other physical details HB
Dimensions 24x16 cm,
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Price amount 25.95
Currency code $
Unit of pricing 25.95
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Is America an empire? Certainly not, according to our government. Despite the conquest of two sovereign states in as many years, despite the presence of more than 750 military installations in two thirds of the world's countries and despite his stated intention to extend the benefits of freedom...to every corner of the world, George W. Bush maintains that America has never been an empire. We don't seek empires, insists Defense Secretary Rumsfeld. We're not imperialistic.<br/>Nonsense, says Niall Ferguson. In Colossus he argues that in both military and economic terms America is nothing less than the most powerful empire the world has ever seen. Just like the British Empire a century ago, the United States aspires to globalize free markets, the rule of law, and representative government. In theory it's a good project, says Ferguson. Yet Americans shy away from the long-term commitments of manpower and money that are indispensable if rogue regimes and failed states really are to be changed for the better. Ours, he argues, is an empire with an attention deficit disorder, imposing ever more unrealistic timescales on its overseas interventions. Worse, it's an empire in denial--a hyperpower that simply refuses to admit the scale of its global responsibilities. And the negative consequences will be felt at home as well as abroad. In an alarmingly persuasive final chapter Ferguson warns that this chronic myopia also applies to our domestic responsibilities. When overstretch comes, he warns, it will come from within--and it will reveal that more than just the feet of the American colossus is made of clay.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element International Relations
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Imperialism
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Diplomatic Relations
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Personal name FERGUSON (Niall)
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Political Science St Aloysius Library St Aloysius Library 11/09/2021   327.73 FERC GF03401 11/09/2021 11/09/2021 George Fernandes Collections