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Empire—A Bibliography

 

 

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Empire—A Bibliography
originally broadcast 7.27.04
Georgi Derluguian—Assistant Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University

Empire is a hot topic in the publishing industry, as people try to make sense of the war on terrorism and U.S. military might. Sociologist Georgi Derlugian teaches about empire at Northwestern University and shares some books on the subject.



The Bibliography

Giovanni Arrighi and Beverly Silver, Chaos and Governance in the Modern World System (University of Minnesota Press, 1999).

Niall Ferguson, Colossus: The Price of America’s Empire (The Penguin Press HC, 2004).

Niall Ferguson, Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power (Sound Library, 2004).

Samuel Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order (Simon & Schuster, 1998).

Chalmers Johnson, The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic (Owl Books, 2005).

Michael Mann, Incoherent Empire (Verso, 2003).

John Mearsheimer, The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (W.W. Norton & Company, 2002).

Joseph Nye, Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics (PublicAffairs, 2004).

Richard Perle and David Frum, An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror (Ballantine Books, 2004).

Emmanuel Todd, et al, After the Empire: The Breakdown of the American Order (Columbia University Press, 2003).

Immanuel Wallerstein, The Decline of American Power: The U.S. in a Chaotic World (New Press, 2003).

 

 

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