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"Throughout the twentieth century, the U.S. government willingly deployed power, hard and soft, to protect American investments all around the globe. Why did the United States get into the business of defending its citizens' property rights abroad? The Empire Trap looks at how modern U.S. involvement in the empire business began, how American foreign policy became increasingly tied to the sway of private financial interests, and how postwar administrations finally extricated the United States from economic interventionism, even though the government had the will and power to continue. Noel…
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3 editions- Other · English · 2013Princeton University Press · 568 pages · 9781400846603
- Other · English · 2013Princeton University Press · 568 pages · 9780691155821
- Other · English · 2013Princeton University Press · 571 pages · 9781299747906
United states, politics and governmentUnited states, economic conditionsUnited states, social conditionsAmerican InvestmentsHistoryForeign economic relationsForeign relationsPolitics and government