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Lädt ... Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire (2005. Auflage)von Niall Ferguson (Autor)
Werk-InformationenDas verleugnete Imperium. Chancen und Risiken amerikanischer Macht von Niall Ferguson
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Extremely interesting view of America's role and behavior in world history. Ferguson assets that 1) the United States has unconsciously been an empire throughout much of history, 2) The U.S. is not just a 'traditional' empire, as it also focuses on soft/economic power, 3) Both U.S. citizens and foreigners have had mixed feelings towards Empire, 4) The U.S.'s imperialism may yet be a positive in world affairs. Covers a wide range of topics, from the Middle East to economics to the relationships between U.S. and Asian and European and Middle Eastern powers. Bold and incisive book, and one very much worth thinking about. My first and last NF read. Written by a conservative Brit in the early after math of Gulf War II I could sense his lust for the ol British Empire. But his re-definition of the word "empire" is done to include the US. A true hegemon but Imperium? He also omits and shades, as all authors, but his leaving out of Iran in benefiting from GW II was an obvious neo-con omission. Full of back handed compliments and some interesting asides.i can see why he's backing Romney. Where's kaplan when you need hi, In general, I would think that this is a pretty good book. The analysis is succinct, however, I do find fault when Niall goes on to defend the US attack on Iraq. I agree that Saddam was no angel, but he was, as far as I know, set up by the US! The biggest problem, again as far as I can see, is that they have often meddled in the affairs of other countries, and in recent times, this has cost them monetarily, as well as in terms of friendship. The scary part is that I would rather have a world where the US is the dominant country, to a world where China is the dominant country. I really like the Chinese people. It's Chinese politicians that I am scared off. The US does need to look at it's own economy a little more carefully, to avoid losing it's dominance too fast. Sadly, I doubt that this will happen. This is something that Niall Ferguson could have covered: what happens if the US fails? keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Der schottische Professor für Finanzgeschichte ist mehrmals schon mit kontrovers diskutierten Titeln aufgefallen (s. zuletzt: "Politik ohne Macht", ID 27/01). Die Geschichtsschreibung bürstet er hier insofern gegen den Strich, als er sich explizit für die USA als Imperium ausspricht. Als Grund nennt er u. a. den technologischen Fortschritt, der heute Zerstörungen nie gekannten Ausmaßes ermöglicht und nur von einer ordnend eingreifenden Supermacht begrenzt werden kann. Er vergleicht die USA mit zahlreichen früheren Imperien, z.B. Ägypten, China, Rom und Großbritannien, wobei gerade das Britische Empire für ihn auffallende Ähnlichkeiten aufweist. "Softpower", wie sie J. Nye (ID 23/03) empfiehlt, ist für ihn nur ein Samthandschuh, der eine Eisenhand verbirgt. Seine Thesen finden einigen Anklang bei den Neo-Konservativen. Dennoch bereichert der wohlbegründete, verständlich geschriebene Außenseitertitel als Alternative zu Autoren wie J. Nye, P. Bender (BA 10/03), M. Ignatieff (ID 43/03) oder K. Phillips (BA 2/04) die aktuelle Diskussion. Für geschichtskundige Leser. Anmerkungen, Bibliographie, Register Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Now, it is no secret that Ferguson is a staunch conservative, but his digressions, jabs at "Old Europe" and his seeming infatuation (at the time) with the prospects of the Iraq War got a bit tedious at times.
His central tenet in this book seems to be, that America needs to own up to its position, don the purple mantle, and get down to the business of being the military governor pro tem of the underdeveloped world - insinuating that the manpower for such an endeavour could be mustered by introducing a conscription scheme inspired by the ancient Roman one, where convicts and illegal immigrants could achieve social status and citizenship by donning the uniform. Europe, by contrast, is described as a somewhat dysfunctional federation of states where the workers and unions have too much power.
If you take it for what it is - and take its age into account, it's allright. I wasn't blown away, but there were quite a few tidbits of trivia that I did not know before. ( )