We May Dominate the World
Ambition, Anxiety, and the Rise of the American Colossus
New York : PublicAffairs, 2023.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: viii, 501 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
"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.
ISBN:
9781541758438
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY North Am. US Mir | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-484) and index.