Causes and Consequences of an American Empire

Empire 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.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Political Science

Department dc:contributor.department

Political Science

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2009

Author dc:creator

• Seay, David James

Chairs dc:contributor.committeechair

• Stivachtis, Yannis A.
• Rothschild, Joyce

Committee member dc:contributor.committeemember

• Sjoberg, Laura

• policy
• power
• perception
• state
• empire

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

etd-04232009-194007

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/31848