The dominion of war
empire and liberty in North America, 1500-2000
by Anderson, Fred, Fred Anderson, Andrew Cayton
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Presents a history of American wars as a pursuit of a policy of imperialism and conquest responsible for America's rise to global leadership, with American interventions in Vietnam and Iraq as extensions of that policy.
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American National characteristics, Biography & Autobiography, History, Imperialism, Military History, Nonfiction, Republicanism, Territorial expansion, War and society, Imperialisme, Guerre et société, Histoire militaire, Krieg, Républicanisme, Vrijheid, Américains, Oorlogen, Histoire, Impérialisme, Expansion territoriale, United States - General, Military - General, History, Military, History - U.S., United States, History: World, North American, History / United States / GeneralPreviews available in: English
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The dominion of war: empire and liberty in North America, 1500-2000
2005, Viking
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The Dominion of war: empire and liberty in North America, 1500-2000
2005, Penguin Books
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The Dominion of War: Empire and Liberty in North America, 1500-2000
December 29, 2004, Viking Adult
Hardcover
in English
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The dominion of war
First published in 2004
Subjects
American National characteristics, Biography & Autobiography, History, Imperialism, Military History, Nonfiction, Republicanism, Territorial expansion, War and society, Imperialisme, Guerre et société, Histoire militaire, Krieg, Républicanisme, Vrijheid, Américains, Oorlogen, Histoire, Impérialisme, Expansion territoriale, United States - General, Military - General, History, Military, History - U.S., United States, History: World, North American, History / United States / GeneralPlaces
North America, United StatesWork Description
With the great exceptions of the Revolution, the Civil War, and World War II, Americans seldom think about how military conflict has fundamentally shaped the United States. The Dominion of War offers a startling new perspective on American history. By moving America's forgotten conflicts—its imperial wars—to center stage, the authors explain how war, above all else, has been the primary means by which people of North America have defined American society for the last half-millennium.
The dominion of war
empire and liberty in North America, 1500-2000
This edition was published in 2005 by Viking in New York.
Edition Description
Presents a history of American wars as a pursuit of a policy of imperialism and conquest responsible for America's rise to global leadership, with American interventions in Vietnam and Iraq as extensions of that policy.
Table of Contents
| Introduction : a view in winter | ||
| 1. Champlain's legacy : the transformation of seventeenth-century North America | ||
| 2. Penn's bargain : the paradoxes of peaceable imperialism | ||
| 3. Washington's apprenticeship : imperial victory and collapse | ||
| 4. Washington's mission : the making of an imperial republic | ||
| 5. Jackson's vision : creating a populist empire | ||
| 6. Santa Anna's honor : continental counterpoint in republican Mexico | ||
| 7. Grant's duty : Imperial war and its consequences redux | ||
| 8. MacArthur's inheritance : liberty and empire in the age of intervention | ||
| 9. MacArthur's valedictory : lessons learned, lessons forgotten | ||
| Conclusion : Powell's promise. |
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [425]-501) and index.
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| July 22, 2019 | Edited by Clean Up Bot | remove fake subjects |
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| January 25, 2017 | Edited by Darby | Added new cover |
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