The United States and Imperialism (Problems in American History) - Hardcover

Ninkovich, Frank

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9781577180555: The United States and Imperialism (Problems in American History)

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ISBN 10: 1577180550 ISBN 13: 9781577180555

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2001

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The United States and Imperialism uses concepts of civilization, identity, the civilizing mission, and cooperation to explain the role of imperialism throughout American history. Ninkovich's original analysis of America as an empire shows how imperialism, anti-imperialism, and geopolitics have all played a role in how the United States made decisions when seeking new territories.

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This exciting book uses concepts of civilization, identity, the civilizing mission, & cooperation to explain the role of imperialism throughout American history.

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The United States and Imperialism uses concepts of civilization, identity, the civilizing mission, and cooperation to explain the role of imperialism in American history. The book begins with a survey of the methods and reasons behind America's imperialist drive in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and then outlines the place of imperialism within the broader sweep of modern United States foreign policy. Ninkovich's original analysis of America as an empire shows that imperialism, anti-imperialism, and geopolitics have all played a role in how the United States made decisions about acquiring new territories.

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