Empire for liberty [Texte imprimé] : a history of American imperialism from Benjamin Franklin to Paul Wolfowitz / Richard H. Immerman

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Introduction : contending with the American empire -- Benjamin Franklin and America's imperial vision -- John Quincy Adams and America's tortured empire -- Wlliam Henry Seward reimagines the American empire -- Henry Cabot Lodge and the new American empire -- John Foster Dulles and the conflicted empire -- Paul Wolfowitz and the lonely empire -- Postscript : the dark side.