Causes and Consequences of an American Empire

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dc.contributor.authorSeay, David Jamesen
dc.contributor.committeecochairStivachtis, Yannis A.en
dc.contributor.committeecochairRothschild, Joyceen
dc.contributor.committeememberSjoberg, Lauraen
dc.contributor.departmentPolitical Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:34:05Zen
dc.date.adate2009-05-22en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:34:05Zen
dc.date.issued2009-04-15en
dc.date.rdate2009-05-22en
dc.date.sdate2009-04-23en
dc.description.abstractEmpire is an emotionally and historically charged term. However, its usage throughout time to describe states' and peoples' behavior towards others is a display of the vitality in the term's etymological construction. Today, the United States must reexamine itself through a historically grounded imperial lens in order to create more beneficial set of policies; by refining its strengths and reforming its weaknesses; both at home and abroad. Presidential leaders and foreign policies, defined by military and ideological power in recent times have both enhanced and bucked a possible imperial American existence. Nonetheless, an imperial assessment of past and future decisions may show Americans their proximity to empire, and may provoke new elements of thought in the American psyche and practices in American politics.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.identifier.otheretd-04232009-194007en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04232009-194007/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/31848en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartFinalGraduateThesis.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectpolicyen
dc.subjectpoweren
dc.subjectperceptionen
dc.subjectstateen
dc.subjectempireen
dc.titleCauses and Consequences of an American Empireen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplinePolitical Scienceen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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