Informationen zum Autor Charles S. Maier is Leverett Saltonstall Research Professor of History at Harvard University. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the Council on Foreign Relations, he has written a number of award-winning books, including Recasting Bourgeois Europe , The Unmasterable Past , Dissolution: The Crisis of Communism and the End of East Germany , and Once Within Borders . Klappentext Maier examines the structure and impact of empires and asks whether the U.S. shares their traits and behavior. He outlines the essentials of empire throughout history, then explores the exercise of U.S. power in the 19th and 20th centuries. With dispassion and clarity, this book offers bold comparisons and an original account of American power. Zusammenfassung Maier examines the structure and impact of empires and asks whether the U.S. shares their traits and behavior. He outlines the essentials of empire throughout history! then explores the exercise of U.S. power in the 19th and 20th centuries. With dispassion and clarity! this book offers bold comparisons and an original account of American power. Inhaltsverzeichnis Questions at the Outset Part One: Recurring Structures Introduction: The Imperial Arena 1. What Is an Empire? 2. Frontiers 3. "Call It Peace" Part Two: America's Turn Introduction: Highland Park and Hiroshima 4. Frontiers and Forces in the Cold War 5. An Empire of Production 6. An Empire of Consumption Afterword: The Vase of Uruk Tables Notes Acknowledgments Index

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Maier examines the structure and impact of empires and asks whether the U.S. shares their traits and behavior. He outlines the essentials of empire throughout history, then explores the exercise of U.S. power in the 19th and 20th centuries. With dispassion and clarity, this book offers bold comparisons and an original account of American power.