America: The New Imperialism: From White Settlement to World Hegemony

by Victor G. Kiernan

Book Overview

While there have been many analyses of American imperialism, few have equaled the breadth or insight of America: From White Settlement to World Hegemony, which was one of the first books to provide a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184467522X
• ISBN13: 9781844675227
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Verso
• Length: 460 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

A MASTER WORK

It took me just over a week to finish reading Mr Kiernan's work. I had no idea who he was but was attracted by the cover and the title and, if I'm honest, Eric Hobsbawm's preface. This is the best-written and most educative history of our country and its wars that I've ever read. I finished school over a year ago and have been travelling the world. This amazing history taught me more than I'd ever learnt at NYU. This book should be on every history reading list. I'm not saying that I expect everyone to agree with its arguments, but simply in the interests of diversity and freedom of thought. I was educated on Professor Niall Ferguson's work (he, too, like Kiernan is a Scot!), but THE NEW IMPERIALISM was a wonderful antidote.