Empire for Liberty: A History of American Imperialism from Benjamin Franklin to Paul Wolfowitz
- ISBN-10
- 0691156077
- ISBN-13
- 9780691156071
- Series
- Empire for Liberty
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 271
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-08-01
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Author
- Richard H. Immerman
Description
Tells the story of the men throughout American history who used the rhetoric of liberty to further imperial ambitions, and argues that the quest for empire has guided the nation's architects from the very beginning--and continues to do so today. By the author of The CIA in Guatemala.
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