Empire and superempire : Britain, America and the world /
Bernard Porter.
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2006.
- 211 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-196) and index.
'Like a house of cards' : The British empire, myth and reality -- 'Not colonies, but outposts' : The American imperial tradition -- 'We don't do empire' : American "imperialism" after 9/11 -- 'Still a global player' : British post-imperialism.
0300110103 (cl. : alk. paper) 9780300110104
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Imperialism--History.
United States--Foreign relations--2001- Great Britain--Foreign relations--1997- United States--Foreign relations. Great Britain--Foreign relations. United States--Colonial question. Great Britain--Colonies--History.