Author: | Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman | ISBN: | 9780674073838 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | March 4, 2013 |
Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
Author: | Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman |
ISBN: | 9780674073838 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
Publication: | March 4, 2013 |
Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
Language: | English |
Commentators call the United States an empire: occasionally a benign empire, sometimes an empire in denial, often a destructive empire. In American Umpire Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman asserts instead that America has performed the role of umpire since 1776, compelling adherence to rules that gradually earned broad approval, and violating them as well.
Commentators call the United States an empire: occasionally a benign empire, sometimes an empire in denial, often a destructive empire. In American Umpire Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman asserts instead that America has performed the role of umpire since 1776, compelling adherence to rules that gradually earned broad approval, and violating them as well.