Imperial Democracy
The Emergence of America as a Great Power
Ernest R. May
Paper ISBN 1-879176-04-1 $29.95
1991; xxx+318 pp.; index; new introduction
In the mid-19th century, the United States was at most a second-rank power. By the beginning of the 20th century, almost everyone acknowledged it to be one of the world's great powers. Imperial Democracy tells the story of that transition. First published in 1961, it is still the only work in any language tracing the Spanish side of the crisis of 1895B99 and European reactions both to the crisis and to the emergence of what was widely termed "the American peril." This book remains a landmark in the international history of the United States.
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