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The empire has no clothes : U.S. foreign policy exposed / Ivan Eland.
- Title
- The empire has no clothes : U.S. foreign policy exposed / Ivan Eland.
- Author
- Eland, Ivan.
- Publication
- Oakland, Calif. : Independent Institute, c2004.
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- Description
- 294 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- This book demonstrates why the United States should be considered an empire and how this is contrary to the ideals of both conservatives and liberals and to the very principles on which the United States was built. Through a detailed examination of U.S. foreign policy over the last century, this work explores how rampant imperialism has threatened U.S. security, strained U.S. relations with the rest of the world, and curtailed civil liberties at home. Examining signs that have marked the decline of other great powers throughout history, a case is made for the dismantling of the American empire and a return to the mode of military restraint traditional to American foreign policy. This book is a chilling insight into the direction the United States has taken and, if its interventionist policies continue, the direction it will take in years to come.--From publisher description.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-284) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- History of the U.S. empire -- Does the United States really have an empire? -- Why conservatives should be against empire -- Why liberals should be against empire -- Why all Americans should be against empire -- An appropriate foreign policy for the modern age.
- ISBN
- 0945999984 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2004015409
- OCLC
- 55948202
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library