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Colossus

Paperback • 2005 • English

Colossus

By Niall Ferguson

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About the book

Is America the new world empire? Presidents from Lincoln to Bush may have denied it but, as Niall Ferguson's brilliant and provocative book shows, the US is in many ways the greatest imperial power of all time. What's more, it always has been an empire, expanding westwards throughout the nineteenth century and rising to global dominance in the twentieth. But is today's American colossus really equipped to play Atlas, bearing the weight of the world on its shoulders? The United States, Fer...Show more

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ISBN

9780141017006

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Published year

2005

Language

English

Original title

Colossus

Format

Paperback

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