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Empires without imperialism : Anglo-American decline and the politics of deflection / Jeanne Morefield.
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America) Available online
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America)- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morefield, Jeanne, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Liberalism--Great Britain--History.
- Liberalism--United States--History.
- Imperialism.
- Great Britain--Colonies--History.
- United States--Insular possessions--History.
- United States--Territories and possessions--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, [England] ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-984411-9
- OCLC:
- 872642968
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