TY - BOOK AU - KAGAN Robert TI - Dangerous nation: America's place in the world from its earliest days to the dawn of the twentieth century SN - 0375411054 (hbk) : PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - Knopf KW - UNITED STATES KW - HISTORY KW - FOREIGN RELATIONS N2 - A comprehensive review of the formative centuries of American history showing that the USA, even before it possessed that title, was essentially expansionist and interventionist with a steadily increasing grasp of global power ER -