America's Middlemen: Power at the Edge of Empire

ISBN-13: 9781316614723 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 320 str.

Washington DC) Grynavisk Eric (George Washington University

Opis

Explores how people at the margins of American politics (America's middlemen) have historically shaped war, peace, expansion, and empire.

Recenzje

'… well-written and impressively researched … filled with both theoretical and empirical innovations … Grynaviski provides a welcome critique of state- and leader-centric accounts of international politics.' Paul K. MacDonald, Perspectives on Politics

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Power from the margins; 2. Rebels or savages; 3. Pirates and hookahs; 4. Red, blue, or gray; 5. Pigs and papists; 6. Islands or canned goods; 7. The daredevil and his porter; 8. Joe and the Sheikh; Conclusion; Collections and government documents consulted; Index.