Colossus
Subtitle: the price of America's empire
By: Niall Ferguson.
Publisher: Penguin Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
Subjects: Imperialism; United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-; United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century; United States -- Foreign relations -- Philosophy
Description: Argues that the United States is both economically and militarily the most powerful empire in history and will feel negative consequences as a result of imposing unrealistic timescales on interventions abroad.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-364) and index.
Table of contents: title: The limits of the American empire; title: The imperialism of anti-imperialism; title: The civilization of clashes; title: Splendid multilateralism; title: The case for liberal empire; title: Going home or organizing hypocrisy; title: "Impire" : Europe between Brussels and Byzantium; title: The closing door.