Colossus

the rise and fall of the American empire

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Niall Ferguson: Colossus (2005, Penguin Books)

386 pages

English language

Published Jan. 6, 2005 by Penguin Books.

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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.

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reviewed Colossus by Niall Ferguson

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α - Picked this up after looking for a Noam Chomsky book in the library and failing to find it. Title sounded interesting.

Ω - I read the introduction and conclusion. The author reads like a bad pop song - not really saying anything useful, but name dropping all the cool kids from Lennon to the Terminator. America is an empire. No shit. America has a short attention span. No shit. Not finishing things you start leave wounds open to fester. No shit.

Subjects

  • Imperialism
  • United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-
  • United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century
  • United States -- Foreign relations -- Philosophy