Among Empires: American Ascendancy and Its PredecessorsHarvard University Press, 24 apr 2006 - 384 pagina's Contemporary America, with its unparalleled armaments and ambition, seems to many commentators a new empire. Others angrily reject the designation. What stakes would being an empire have for our identity at home and our role abroad? |
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... cultural ascendancy , or are they instead heirs to ruination ? Or are they perhaps both together ? In the really long run , American ascendancy , or empire if we deter- mine it is to be one , will be vulnerable , if not prey , to the ...
... cultural styles , the propagation of world religions , the suppression of practices per- ceived as barbaric — such as human sacrifice and suttee . Occasionally they are about bringing peace and the rule of law or defending what we have ...
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