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Colossus by Niall Ferguson · Booklabria

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First published: 2003
Editions: 9 in 2 languages

Synopsis

Argues that the United States is both economically and militarily the most powerful empire in history and will feel negative consequences as a result of imposing unrealistic timescales on interventions abroad.

Subjects: History
Philosophy
Political science
Philosophie
Foreign relations
International relations
Set in: United States
États-Unis
USA
Time: 20th Century; 21st Century; 20e Siècle; 2001-

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9 in 2 languages

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