Empire for liberty a history of American imperialism from Benjamin Franklin to Paul Wolfowitz 1st Edition by Richard H Immerman ISBN 1400834287 9781400834280
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ISBN 10: 1400834287
ISBN 13: 9781400834280
Author: Richard H. Immerman
An historian examines six public figures—from Benjamin Franklin to Paul Wolfowitz—who used the language of liberty to further American imperialism.
How could the United States, a nation founded on the principles of liberty and equality, have produced Abu Ghraib, torture memos, and warrantless wiretaps? In Empire for Liberty, historian Richard Immerman reveals that the quest for empire has guided the nation’s architects from the very beginning—and continues to do so today.
Immerman paints nuanced portraits of six men who influenced the course of American empire: Benjamin Franklin, John Quincy Adams, William Henry Seward, Henry Cabot Lodge, John Foster Dulles, and Paul Wolfowitz. Each played a pivotal role as empire builder and, with the exception of Adams, did so without occupying the presidency.
Taking readers from the nation’s founding to the War on Terror, Immerman shows how the trajectory of American empire was relentless if not straight; and how these shrewd and powerful individuals shaped their rhetoric about liberty to suit the times—and their needs. But Immerman also demonstrates, liberty and empire were on a collision course. And in the Global War on Terror and the occupation of Iraq, they violently collided.
Table of contents:
Contending with the American Empire
CHAPTER 1 Benjamin Franklin and America’s Imperial Vision
CHAPTER 2 John Quincy Adams and America’s Tortured Empire
CHAPTER 3 William Henry Seward Reimagines the American Empire
CHAPTER 4 Henry Cabot Lodge and the New American Empire
CHAPTER 5 John Foster Dulles and the Conflicted Empire
CHAPTER 6 Paul Wolfowitz and the Lonely Empire
The Dark Side
Notes
Index
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