The Imperial Tense: Prospects and Problems of American Empire
Language: English
Published by Ivan R. Dee, Chicago, Ilinois, 2003
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Volume itself has black & gray covers with sharp gilt lettering on the spine. On the ffep at the upper right hand corner is written : "Joy/2004/". In the contents table there are some dots and dashs by various articles. 271 pages, including an index. In the introduction, on page xii there is some underlining and a word with a question mark at the outer edge. There is some underlining and markings in the margins in two articles; the article by Charles Krauthammer and the article by Deepak Lal; the balance of the book is clean and the book binding is tight. Dust jacket is protected in an archival quality Brodart cover. Dj is not price clipped! No highlighting, no remainder marks, no folded or dogeared pages, not ex-libris, no foxing, no smudges. A nice copy, available for immediate shipment, carefully packed.
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- Title
- The Imperial Tense: Prospects and Problems of American Empire
- Author
- Bacevich, Andrew J. (editor)
- Publisher
- Ivan R. Dee, Chicago, Ilinois
- Publication year
- 2003
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1566635322
- ISBN 13
- 9781566635325
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Review
First-rate...a most valuable collection.--Walter LaFeber
This captivating collection addresses the most important issue facing the United States in the coming century.--Richard H. Kohn, Chair, Curriculum in Peace, War, and Defense, Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, former Chief of
An especially useful guide to a complex and controversial debate.--Michael Cox "Royal United Services Institute Journal "
He has done the ongoing debate about America's role in the world a great service by bringing these pieces together in a convenient package.--Virginia Quarterly Review
An outstanding introduction to the growing debate on the implications and import of US 'hyperpower.'--CHOICE
...Provides a panoramic view of the empire debate...--Concord Bridge
...This collection reflects most of the distribution curve of current opinion on the subject.--The American Conservative
...Well worth reading for...bracing arguments, pro and con, on whether or in what sense America is an empire.--First Things
The essays collected...are a curious amalgam of military hubris and cultural anxiety: they dutifully document both America's truly awesome military reach and the widespread national uncertainty about what to do with it.--The New York Review Of Books
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