The Folly of Empire: What George W. Bush Could Learn from Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson
New York: Scribner, 2004. First Printing. 245, notes, index. The two presidents who figured out that America's experiment with imperialism wasn't working were, ironically, Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. Roosevelt became disillusioned with the imperialist strategy after a long war in the Philippines; Wilson, shocked by nationalist backlash to American intervention in Mexico and by the outbreak of World War I, began to see imperialism not as an instrument of peace and democracy but of war and tyranny. The author argues that George W. Bush has revived the narrow nationalism of the Republicans who rejected the League of Nations in the 1920's, and has revived the old, discredited imperialist strategy of attempting to unilaterally overthrow regimes deemed unfriendly by his administration. Condition: very good, very good.
Keywords: George W. Bush, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, U.S. Presidents, Imperialism, Nationalism, Iraq, Policy
ISBN: 0743261275
[Book #50791]
Price: $35.00