America's Imperial Burden

by Ernest W. Lefever

On the cusp of a new millennium, are we Americans prepared to accept the imperial burden that history has trust upon us? Will America be the leading force for peace and freedom in the next century like it was in the present one? Are we suffering from "imperial overstretch" or are we too divided or morally exhausted to be Lincoln's "last best hope of earth"? Ernest Lefever addresses these provocative questions with vigor and shrewd sense of history...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813399998
• ISBN13: 9780813399997
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

America's Imperial Burden - Is the Past Prologue?

Well written and researched. An excellent treatise of 20th century American intervention in foreign affairs throughout the world. Neither slanted towards the left or right, the material is well balanced from a political standpoint.This reader was left with a positive, hopefull perception of the future of America as it relates to world political affairs, war, military police actions, and diplomacy.