Empire for liberty : A history of American Imperialism from Benjamin Franklin to Paul Wolfowitz / Richard H. Immermann
Imprint
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2010
Descript
xi, 271p. : ill ; 25 cm
CONTENT
Introduction: Contending with the American Empire. -- Benjamin Franklin and America's imperial vision. -- John Quincy Adams and America's tortured empire. -- William Henry Seward reimagines the American Empire. -- Henry Cabot Lodge and the new American Empire. -- John Foster Dulles and the conflicted empire. -- Paul Wolfowitz and the lonely empire. -- Postscript: the dark side.
SUBJECT
Liberty -- Political aspects -- United States -- History