William Appleman Williams
Books by William Appleman Williams
“Williams’s book is certainly the most influential study of US imperialism written in the 20th century. Like it or not, it’s one of the classics of the field.” Read more...
The best books on American Imperialism
A G Hopkins, Historian
Interviews where books by William Appleman Williams were recommended
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Expansionists of 1898: The Acquisition of Hawaiʻi and the Spanish Islands
by Julius William Pratt -
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Denial of Empire: The United States and Its Dependencies
by Whitney T Perkins -
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The Tragedy of American Diplomacy
by William Appleman Williams -
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The New Empire: An Interpretation of American Expansion 1860-1898
by Walter LaFeber -
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Cuba in the American Imagination: Metaphor and the Imperial Ethos
by Louis A Pérez
The best books on American Imperialism, recommended by A G Hopkins
The best books on American Imperialism, recommended by A G Hopkins
When George W Bush declared that America “has never been an empire,” he elided a half century of colonial rule over its overseas dependencies. But American expansionism has manifested in other forms too, says A G Hopkins, imperial historian and author of a panoramic new work of American history.
The best books on The Evolution of Liberalism, recommended by Eric Foner
Historian Eric Foner chooses five books illustrating how concepts of American liberalism have changed over the past 50 years, and about the tension that lies at the heart of liberalism today.
