'An enthralling tale' Alan Marshall, Daily Telegraph Acclaimed as one of the best recent histories of the United States, America, Empire of Liberty tells the epic story of the nation that has shaped the world we live in today. David Reynolds brings to life presidents from Washington to Obama, but also draws on the voices of settlers and Indians, slaves and immigrants, factory workers and suburban housewives. He vividly portrays the battlefield of Gettysburg, the stockyards of Chicago and the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, and shows the dark side of freedom- from the Indian 'Trail of Tears' to the Red Scare and the War on Terror. Written with verve and insight, this extraordinary history reveals the grandeur and paradoxes of the world's great superpower. 'The most outstanding popular history of America written by a non-American' Richard Aldous, Irish Times 'Readable, full of anecdotes, mini-biographies and arresting juxtapositions. Reynolds sprinkles his text with humour' Frank McLynn, Independent 'A briskly paced narrative, from pre-Columbian times to Obama ...... impressively broad-ranging, yet beautifully succinct' John Adamson, Sunday Telegraph 'The author has a knack for making it all seem fresh' Raymond Seitz, Literary Review
Empire for Liberty sweeps the field."--Andrew J. Bacevich, author of The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism "This is a superb book about a timely subject.
An original and stimulating critique of American empire
This work examines Jefferson's legacy for American foreign policy in the light of several critical themes which continue to be highly significant today: the struggle between isolationists and interventionists, the historic ambivalence over ...
Now, in the newest volume in the series, one of America's most esteemed historians, Gordon S. Wood, offers a brilliant account of the early American Republic, ranging from 1789 and the beginning of the national government to the end of the ...
Now, in the newest volume in the series, one of America's most esteemed historians, Gordon S. Wood, offers a brilliant account of the early American Republic, ranging from 1789 and the beginning of the national government to the end of the ...
Empire for Liberty: A Sovereign America and Her Moral Mission
Volume three of David Reynolds' award-winning BBC Radio series runs from the origins of the Cold War to the inauguration of Barack Obama.
Author Patrick Mendis explores unseen forces that have guided America to global dominance.
See Webb, “imperial Fixer,” 398. However Webb erroneously assumes that metropolitan Whigs like Locke were in favor of colonial equality. By contrast, Alison Olson argues that it was the Tories who opposed resumption because they ...
Empire and Liberty in North America, 1500-2000 Fred Anderson, Andrew Cayton ... 14, 19, 20: Courtesy of the Robert Dechert Collection, Annenberg Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; p.