Colossus The Rise And Fall Of The American Empire 1 Xerox Niall Ferguson by Niall Ferguson 9780713997705, 0713997702 instant download after payment.

Is America an empire? Certainly not, according to the U.S. government.
Despite the conquest of two sovereign states in as many years, despite
the presence of more than 750 military installations in two-thirds of
the world's countries and despite his stated intention "to extend the
benefits of freedom ... to every corner of the world," George W. Bush
maintains that "America has never been an empire". "We don't seek
empires," insists Defense Secretary Rumsfeld. "We're not imperialistic."
Nonsense, says Niall Ferguson. In Colossus he argues that in both
military and economic terms America is nothing less than the most
powerful empire the world has ever seen. Just like the British Empire a
century ago, the United States aspires to globalize free markets, the
rule of law and representative government. In theory it's a good
project, says Ferguson. Yet Americans shy away from the long-term
commitments of manpower and money that are indispensable if rogue
regimes and failed states really are to be changed for the better. This,
he argues, is an empire with an attention deficit disorder, imposing
ever more unrealistic timescales on its overseas interventions. Worse,
it's an empire in denial - a hyperpower which simply refuses to admit
the scale of its global responsibilities. And this chronic myopia may
also apply to American domestic politics. When overstretch comes, he
warns, it will come from within - and it will reveal that the American
Colossus has more than merely feet of clay.