Power, Profit and Prestige: a History of American Imperial Expansion

Name: Power, Profit and Prestige: a History of American Imperial Expansion
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ISBN: 9780745328713

ISBN-10: 0745328717

ISBN-13: 9780745328713

Edition: 2010

Authors: Philip S. Golub

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Power, Profit and Prestige applies incisive historical and sociological analysis to make sense of the United States' post-Cold War imperial behaviour. Philip Golub studies imperial identity formation and shows how an embedded culture of force and expansion has shaped American foreign policy. He argues that the US logic of world power and deeply rooted assumptions about American primacy inhibits democratic transformation at domestic and international levels. This resistance to change may lead the US empire into a crisis of its own making. This enlightening book will be particularly useful to students of history and international relations as they explore a world where America is no longer…

Book details

List price: $27.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Pluto Press
Publication date: 5/7/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.46" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



List of Tables


List of Figures


Acknowledgements


Abbreviations



Introduction


Expansionist Behaviour


A Historical Sociological Approach


Theorising American Empire


An Indeterminate Future


Structure of the Book



The American Empire in its World Historical Setting


A Plural and Polycentric World Economy


The Distinctiveness of Western Global Expansion


Globalisation and War


The United States in the Transatlantic Imperial System



A Taste of Blood in the Jungle: The Late Nineteenth Century


The US: 'An Active Unit'


Overseas Imperialism


Inter-Imperial Links and Rivalries


Wilson, Liberal Internationalism and Ultra-Imperialism



The Hierarchies of Pax Americana


Supplanting Britain


The Tripartite Imperial System


Europe: The Hegemonic Frontier


Authoritarian Mercantilism: The East Asian Frontier


Disciplining the Far Empire



Power and Plenty in the Post-Cold War


The Imperium Bellicum Americanum


Averting Decline


Actor Designs and Structural Constraints


Post-Cold War Options


The Liberal Interlude



Striving for Global Monopoly


A Broad Ideational Trend


Global Expansionism and Nationalism


Limitless Goals


Liberal Imperialism, Colonial Representations



Losing Control


War and Globalisation


The Crisis of American Power


Accentuating Centrifugal Trends


China's Emerging Role


Challenge to US Dominance



Conclusion: Order, Hierarchy and Pluralism


Imperial Cosmologies


Logic of World Power


Pathways of Change


Long Exit from Empire


Pluralist Cooperation


Notes


Select Bibliography


Index