Sands of empire : missionary zeal, American foreign policy, and the hazards of global ambition /
Merry, Robert W.,1946-
New York ; London : Simon & Schuster,
c2005.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Idea of progress -- Cycles of history -- Globalization and the end of history -- Clash of civilizations -- Isolation and intervention -- Triumph of Wilsonism -- Balkan ghosts -- Balkan tragedy -- Neoconservatives -- World of Islam -- War -- Ghosts of Mithridates -- Conservative interventionism.
Intervention (International law)
Imperialism.