Empires : the logic of world domination from ancient Rome to the United States /
MUNKLER Herfried
Empires : the logic of world domination from ancient Rome to the United States / Herfried Munkler, translated by Patrick Camiller. - Cambridge : Polity Press, 2007 - xi, 264 p.
First published in German as Imperien; Berlin : Rowohlt, 2005.
Are empires inevitable? This study considers the history of land and sea based empires and contrasts the ad hoc nature of many empires with deliberate imperialism. Considers whether the USA can ever be an empire, whether Europe may inevitably become one and whether it is possible to have a democratic empire.
9780745638720 (pbk.) : 27.31 USD
EMPIRES
Empires : the logic of world domination from ancient Rome to the United States / Herfried Munkler, translated by Patrick Camiller. - Cambridge : Polity Press, 2007 - xi, 264 p.
First published in German as Imperien; Berlin : Rowohlt, 2005.
Are empires inevitable? This study considers the history of land and sea based empires and contrasts the ad hoc nature of many empires with deliberate imperialism. Considers whether the USA can ever be an empire, whether Europe may inevitably become one and whether it is possible to have a democratic empire.
9780745638720 (pbk.) : 27.31 USD
EMPIRES