Power, Profit and Prestige

A History of American Imperial Expansion

Philip S. Golub

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Power, Profit and Prestige applies incisive historical and sociological analysis to make sense of the United States’ post-Cold War imperial behavior. Philip Golub studies imperial identity formation and shows how an embedded culture of force and expansion has shaped American foreign policy. He argues that the US logic of world power and deeply rooted assumptions about American primacy inhibits democratic transformation at domestic and international levels. This resistance to change may lead the US empire into a crisis of its own making. This enlightening book will be particularly useful to students of history and international relations as they explore a world where America is no longer able to set the global agenda.

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"The ultimate question he raises is whether American leadership can renounce the idea of being the indispensable centre of world order so as to accept a plural world, working out with others a moving consensus on global governance. This insightful book is an abundant resource for serious reflective thinking on the trajectory of world politics today." --Robert W. Cox
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Philip S. Golub

Philip S. Golub is a widely published author and Contributing Editor of Le Monde Diplomatique. He teaches International Relations and International Political Economy at the Institut d'etudes europeennes, Universite Paris 8 and at the American University of Paris (AUP).

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Power, Profit and Prestige
A History of American Imperial Expansion
Philip S. Golub

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Pluto Press
June 2010
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ISBN: 9780745328713
ISBN10: 0745328717
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