{"product_id":"empire-as-a-way-of-life-9780977197231","title":"Empire as a Way of Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"An unblinkered look at our imperial past . . . a perceptive work by one of our most perceptive historians.\"--\u003cb\u003eStuds Terkel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA work of remarkable prescience, \u003cb\u003eEmpire As A Way of Life\u003c\/b\u003e is influential historian William Appleman Williams's groundbreaking work highlighting imperialism--\"empire as a way of life\"--as the dominant theme in American history. Analyzing U.S. history from its revolutionary origins to the dawn of the Reagan era, \u003ci\u003eWilliams\u003c\/i\u003e shows how America has always been addicted to empire in its foreign and domestic ideology. Detailing the imperial actions and beliefs of revered figures such as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, this book is the most in-depth historical study of the American obsession with empire, and is essential to understanding the origins of our current foreign and domestic undertakings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack in print for the first time in twenty-five years, this new edition features an introduction by Andrew Bacevich, author of \u003ci\u003eThe New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e American Empire: The Realities and Consequences of U.S. Diplomacy. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ig Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780977197231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 225\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.28h x 5.56w x 0.56d","brand":"William Appleman Williams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43084130713781,"sku":"9780977197231","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4f1bd82b-8f2e-43b6-9a78-050adbf1a543.jpg?v=1692111070","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/empire-as-a-way-of-life-9780977197231","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}