Empire for Liberty: A History of American Imperialism from Benjamin Franklin to Paul Wolfowitz

by Richard H. Immerman

Book Overview

How could the United States, a nation founded on the principles of liberty and equality, have produced Abu Ghraib, torture memos, Plamegate, and warrantless wiretaps? Did America set out to become an empire? And if so, how has it reconciled its imperialism--and in some cases, its crimes--with the idea of liberty so forcefully expressed in the Declaration of Independence? Empire for Liberty tells the story of men who used the rhetoric of liberty to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069112762X
• ISBN13: 9780691127620
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.3"