TY - BOOK AU - Morefield,Jeanne ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Empires without imperialism: Anglo-American decline and the politics of deflection U1 - 320.510941 22 PY - 2014/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Liberalism KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - BUEsh KW - United States KW - Imperialism KW - Colonies KW - Territories and possessions KW - BUSBOL KW - November2015 KW - Reading book N1 - Index : p. 279-288; Bibliography : p. 243-278; Alfred Zimmern's "Oxford paradox" : displacement and Athenian nostalgia -- Falling in love with Athens : Donald Kagan on America and Thucydides' revisionism -- The Round Table's story of commonwealth -- The empire whisperer : Niall Ferguson's misdirection, disavowal and the perilousness of neoliberal time -- Empire's handyman : Jan Smuts and the politics of international holism -- Michael Ignatieff's tragedy : just as we are, here and now -- Conclusion : is this who we want to be? ER -