American Umpire First Edition by Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman ISBN 978-0674055476 0674055470
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ISBN 10: 0674055470
ISBN 13: 978-0674055476
Author: Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman
Commentators call the United States an empire: occasionally a benign empire, sometimes an empire in denial, often a destructive empire. In American Umpire, Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman explores key turning points in history from George Washington to Barack Obama. She challenges the notion that the United States is an empire, and asserts instead that America has performed the role of umpire since 1776, compelling adherence to rules that gradually earned broad approval, even though it also violated these rules on occasion. Over time, prosperity spread, wars declined in ferocity, and human life expectancy doubled worldwide. But security came at a cost that was not shared equally by all. The United States is the world’s most powerful country–and one of its richest–but more exposed to criticism and hazards than ever. Umpiring is a weighty responsibility. With all eyes upon them, umpires cannot win.
Table of contents:
1. To Compel Acquiescence
Or How Federalism Replaced Empire with Umpire, 1648–1789
2. Umpire Attacked
Or How the French Revolution Created the American Party System, 1789–1800
3. Another Umpire than Arms
Or How Economic Sanctions Became a Tool of Foreign Relations, 1800–1815
4. A Rowboat in the Wake of a Battleship
Or How America Flagged the Continent and Federal Power Triumphed, 1815–1865
5. Territorial Expansion versus Saltwater Imperialism
Or How America Entered the Fray for Colonies, 1865–1920
6. The Open Door and the First International Rules
Or How the United States Chose Another Way, 1900–1920
7. War against War
Or How the Democracies Stumbled and the World Caught Fire, 1920–1939
8. Up to the Neck and in to the Death
Or How America Became an Ally, 1939–1945
9. The Buck Stops Here
Or How the United States Assumed the Burden of Preemptive Intervention, 1945–1947
10. A Coercive Logic
Or How America Spread Freedom and Wealth and Compromised Its Ideals, 1947–1991
Good Calls, Bad Calls, and Rules in Flux
Or Who Wants to Be Ump? 1991–Present
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