Review
From the book jacket: Is America an empire? Certainly not, according to our 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,...
Beyond the Book
Niall Ferguson is Herzog Professor of Financial History at the Stern
Business School, New York University, and Senior Research Fellow at Jesus
College, Oxford University. Born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1964, he lives in
New York and Oxfordshire, England.
A partial bibliography:
- The Cash Nexus: Money and Power in
the Modern World, 1700-2000
- Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British
World Order and the Lessons for Global Power
- The Pity of War: Explaining
WWI
- The House of Rothschild (2 books)
One small note of interest, when I checked bookseller rankings...
