| Description |
xvi, 302 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : the Ozymandias syndrome -- 1. The idea of progress -- 2. Cycles of history -- 3. Globalization and the end of history -- 4. The clash of civilizations -- 5. Isolation and intervention -- 6. The triumph of Wilsonism -- 7. Balkan ghosts -- 8. Balkan tragedy -- 9. The neoconservatives -- 10. The world of Islam -- 11. War -- 12. Ghosts of Mithridates -- 13. Conservative interventionism -- Conclusion : disavowing the crusader state |
| Summary |
"In Sands of Empire, veteran political journalist and award-winning author Robert W. Merry examines the misguided concepts that have fueled American foreign policy since the end of the Cold War. The emergence in the George W. Bush administration of America as Crusader State, bent on remaking the world in its preferred image, is dangerous and self-defeating, he points out. Moreover, these grand-scale flights of interventionism, regime change, and the use of pre-emptive armed force are without precedent in American history."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-285) and index |
| Subject |
Intervention (International law)
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Imperialism.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93001742
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United States -- Military policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140379
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| LC no. |
2005042580 |
| ISBN |
0743266676 |
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