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Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-01-01 - Publisher: Yale University Press
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Language: en
Pages: 367
Pages: 367
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-12-12 - Publisher: Univ of California Press
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Language: en
Pages: 342
Pages: 342
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-05-21 - Publisher: Cornell University Press
Overextension is the common pitfall of empires. Why does it occur? What are the forces that cause the great powers of the industrial era to pursue aggressive fo
Language: en
Pages: 333
Pages: 333
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-07-01 - Publisher: JHU Press
The fascinating history of how coal-based energy became entangled with American security. Since the early twentieth century, Americans have associated oil with
Language: en
Pages: 447
Pages: 447
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Univ of California Press
'Empires of Intelligence' argues that colonial control in British and French empires depended on an elabroate security apparatus. Thomas shows the crucial role