America, war and power defining the state, 1775 - 2005

Introduction : perspectives on American power and empire / A. James FullerDefining a new empire : the new power takes shape, 1775-1815 / Jeremy Black -- The United States as rogue state : gunboat persuasion, citizen marauders, and the limits of antebellum American imperialism / Robert E. May -- Bill...

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Weitere Verfasser: Sondhaus, Lawrence (HerausgeberIn), Fuller, A. James (BerichterstatterIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: London u.a. Routledge 2007
Ausgabe:1. publ.
Schriftenreihe:War, history and politics series
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction : perspectives on American power and empire / A. James FullerDefining a new empire : the new power takes shape, 1775-1815 / Jeremy Black -- The United States as rogue state : gunboat persuasion, citizen marauders, and the limits of antebellum American imperialism / Robert E. May -- Billy Yank and Johnny Reb take on the world : Civil War veterans' views of war, liberty, and empire / Carol Reardon -- Defining Eisenhower's America : war, power, and race relations, 1941-1961 / Edward O. Frantz -- Cold War perceptions and the American experience of war / R. William Ayres -- From Vietnam to Iraq : the first television war and its legacies / Chester Pach -- Global war and the foundations of US systemic leadership / William R. Thompson -- Domestic challenges to American hegemony / Steven W. Hook -- Soft power, hard power, and the Pax Americana / Lawrence Sondhaus.
Beschreibung:XII, 226 S.
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25cm
ISBN:0415772141
0-415-77214-1
9780415772143
978-0-415-77214-3