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050 00 $aE744$b.L429 1999
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100 1 $aLefever, Ernest W.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79007047
245 10 $aAmerica's imperial burden :$bis the past prologue? /$cErnest W. Lefever.
260 $aBoulder, Colo. :$bWestview Press,$c1999.
300 $axi, 196 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 179-187) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tEthics, Politics, and Empire --$g2.$tCourse of Empire: Rome, Britain, America --$g3.$tManifest Destiny: Toying with Empire --$g4.$tWorld War I, Cynicism, and Isolation --$g5.$tWorld War II: Clash of the Titans --$g6.$tThe Cold War: Containment Plus --$g7.$tThe Cold War: The Third World --$g8.$tA More Dangerous World --$g9.$tAmerica's Vital Interests --$g10.$tLess than Vital Interests --$g11.$tA Second American Century?
520 $aOn the cusp of a new millennium, are we Americans prepared to accept the imperial burden that history has trust upon us?
520 8 $aLooking back, the author argues that writ large, America, despite its internal flaws and external blunders, has borne its imperial burden with a singular sense of responsibility. America has not sought to dominate other peoples and has treated its former adversaries with compassion. As the preeminent world power, says Lefever, America has an inescapable responsibility.
520 8 $aHe takes on assorted isolationists, "declinists," multilateralists, and neo-Wilsonian interventionists, all of whom, in his view, fail to recognize the nuances of this responsibility.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y20th century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140089
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y20th century$xMoral and ethical aspects.
650 0 $aInternational relations$xMoral and ethical aspects.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008124038
852 00 $bleh$hE744$i.L429 1999