We may dominate the world : ambition, anxiety, and the rise of the American Colossus / Sean A. Mirski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mirski, Sean A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations--20th century.

United States.

Hegemony--United States.

Hegemony.

World politics.

Intervention (International law).

Physical Description:

viii, 501 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : PublicAffairs, 2023.

Summary:

"Sean A. Mirski tells the story of how the United States became a regional hegemon in the century following the Civil War. By turns reluctant and ruthless, the U.S. squeezed their European rivals out of the hemisphere while landing forces on their neighbors' soil with dizzying frequency. Mirski reveals the reasons behind this muscular foreign policy in a narrative full of twists, colorful characters, and original accounts of the palace coups and bloody interventions that turned the fledgling republic into a global superpower"-- Provided by the publisher.

Contents:

Part I. Guardian. Weakness offers temptation

In division there is weakness

All the waste places of the Earth

A jehad to which all the faithful must give heed

Part II. Great power. The conquest of the United States by Spain

The homicidal corruptionists of Bogotá

An international police power

The creation of revolutionary habits

Dollar diplomacy

God save us from the worst

All the nuisance of empire

Part III. Hegemon. At the point of bayonets

The colossus.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-484) and index.

ISBN:

9781541758438

1541758439

OCLC:

1383674077