Colossus; The Rise and Fall of the American Empire.

Ferguson. Niall

ISBN 10: 0713997702 / ISBN 13: 9780713997705

Edité par Allen Lane, UK, 2004

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Is America the new world Empire? despite denials from George W. Bush and Defense Secretary Rumsfeld. saying ' We're not imperialistic,' In this book Ferguson reveals the paradoxical reality of American power. In economic and military terms. The boards, binding and text block are all square and tight, the dust jacket has light rippling on its top edge and creasing to the top of the spine. Book price includes 2nd class post in UK only.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Colossus; The Rise and Fall of the American Empire.
• Éditeur: Allen Lane, UK
• Date de parution: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0713997702
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780713997705
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Very Good

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Synopsis

Is America an empire? Certainly not, according to the U.S. 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." 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. This, 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 which simply refuses to admit the scale of its global responsibilities. And this chronic myopia may also apply to American domestic politics. When overstretch comes, he warns, it will come from within - and it will reveal that the American Colossus has more than merely feet of clay.

À propos de l?auteur

Niall Ferguson is one of Britain's most renowned historians. He is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University, a Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing. He has written fourteen books, including The House of Rothschild, Empire, The War of the World, The Ascent of Money, The Great Degeneration and Kissinger, 1923-1968: The Idealist. His many prizes include the Benjamin Franklin Prize for Public Service (2010), the Hayek Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2012) and the Ludwig Erhard Prize for Economic Journalism (2013).