The Rising American EmpireW. W. Norton & Company, 1974 - 215 sider Examines the origins, emergence, growth, and peculiar characteristics of the United States as a national state whose policies and goals have been, from the beginning, those of an empire. Bibliogs. |
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Introduction The Conception of an American Empire | 1 |
Independence and the Alliance with France 17751778 | 28 |
Marriage and Divorce 17781800 | 54 |
The Birth of the American Leviathan 17891823 | 78 |
Empire of Commerce and Religion in the Pacific | 124 |
The Thrust into the Caribbean 18481917 | 147 |
The Lure of East Asia | 170 |
Apotheosis | 195 |
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