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A republic, not an empire : reclaiming America's destiny / Patrick J. Buchanan.

Buchanan, Patrick J. (Patrick Joseph), 1938- (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 089526272X
Physical Description: xiii, 437 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Regnery Pub., [1999]
Distributor: Lanham, Md. : Distributed to the trade by National Book Network.
Copyright: ©1999

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-419) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part 1 America Reaches for Global Hegemony -- 1. How Empires Perish 3 -- 2. Courting Conflict with Russia 7 -- 3. America's Future Wars 27 -- 4. Myth of American Isolationism 47 -- Part 2 1789-1823: Independence and Expansion -- 5. Birth of an American Foreign Policy 59 -- 6. "Mr. Madison's War" 69 -- 7. How We Took Florida 91 -- Part 3 1845-1869: Manifest Destiny -- 8. "Jimmy Polk's War" 105 -- 9. "One War at a Time" 127 -- Part 4 1898-1919: The Turning Point -- 10. "Splendid Little War" 145 -- 11. New Imperialists 171 -- 12. "He Kept Us Out of War" 181 -- 13. "Wilson's War" 193 -- Part 5 1921-1941: Triumph of the Interventionists -- 14. Disarmament Decade 231 -- 15. Zeal of the Convert 249 -- 16. Back Door to War 283 -- Part 6 1945-1989: Twilight Struggle -- 17. America's Longest War 301 -- Part 7 A Foreign Policy for America -- 18. "Passionate Attachments" and Press Power 331 -- 19. Claimants to Kennan's Legacy 355 -- 20. A Republic, Not an Empire 367.