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America the virtuous : the crisis of democracy and the quest for empire / Claes G. Ryn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ryn, Claes G., 1943-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--United States.
- Democracy.
- United States.
- Imperialism.
- Intervention (International law).
- Capitalism--Political aspects.
- Capitalism.
- Ideology--United States.
- Ideology.
- United States--Foreign relations--2001-2009.
- International relations.
- United States--Foreign relations--Philosophy.
- Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 221 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick, NJ : Transaction Publishers, [2003]
- Summary:
- Urged on by politicians and intellectuals, the president of the United States has committed America to a quest for empire. Ryn sees this drive for a virtuous empire as the culmination of an ideological movement and describes the drive for empire as part of a larger ideological whole, one both expressing and aggravating a crisis of democracy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0765802198
- OCLC:
- 52639196
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