Dangerous nation /
A reevaluation of America's place in the world from the colonial era to the turn of the twentieth century. Foreign-relations expert Kagan strips away the myth of America's isolationist tradition and reveals a more complicated reality: that Americans have been increasing their global power...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Knopf,
2006.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | A reevaluation of America's place in the world from the colonial era to the turn of the twentieth century. Foreign-relations expert Kagan strips away the myth of America's isolationist tradition and reveals a more complicated reality: that Americans have been increasing their global power and influence steadily for the past four centuries. Even from the time of the Puritans, he reveals, America was no shining "city upon a hill" but an engine of commercial and territorial expansion that drove Native Americans, as well as French, Spanish, Russian, and ultimately even British power, from the North American continent. Even before the birth of the nation, Americans believed they were destined for global leadership. Underlying their ambitions, Kagan argues, was a set of ideas and ideals about the world and human nature.--From publisher description. |
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| Item Description: | "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 527 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-506) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0375411054 9780375411052 9780375724916 0375724915 |