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020			_a0713997702 (hbk.): _c20.00 GBP
100		1	_aFERGUSON Niall
245		0	_aColossus: _bthe rise and fall of the American empire
260			_aLondon: _bAllen Lane, _c2004
300			_a384p.
520			_aArgues that the United States is the greatest empire the world has yet seen, and that its history as such is largely unexceptional. However the American empire is unusual in that it denies its empirical ambitions, has proven surprisingly inept, and is unwilling to make the necessary long-term commitment to ensure success. The author attempts to discover why, when many parts of the world would actually benefit from a period of American rule, and when the USA seems to have the economic, military, and political capability to do this, it chooses not to.
650			_aUNITED STATES _xEMPIRE
650			_aEMPIRES
650			_aUNITED STATES _xFOREIGN POLICY
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