Empires: The Logic of World Domination from Ancient Rome to the United StatesISBN: 978-0-7456-3871-3
Hardcover
264 pages
June 2007, Polity
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The Independent
"[In] tough-minded style, the German strategist Herfried
Münkler has expounded the world-historical logic of empires in
an ambitious comparative work."
Perry Anderson, London Review of Books
"Although Münkler's concerns are firmly grounded in
the present, it is the ambition and historical richness of his
argument that most firmly distinguishes it from other attempts to
make sense of empire. Defying the presentism that is so
characteristic of much commentary on the subject, Münkler
takes the reader on a panoramic journey from the 'parallel empires'
of Rome and Qin Dynasty China, through the seaborne and steppe
empires of the late medieval and early modern periods, to the
imperial American present ... A pleasure to read."
Australian Journal of Political Science
Political Studies Review
"Herfried Münkler is a walking one-man think-tank."
Die Zeit
"A fascinating examination of empire."
Tribune
"Münkler carefully traces the sweep of empires in history,
distinguishes between that which is imperial and that which is
imperialist, and renders a fascinating and balanced account of two
contemporary cases: the contradictory elements of America?s
imperial destiny and the inevitability, following the US precedent,
of the EU?s taking on imperial forms, out of necessity, despite its
anti-imperialist character. In a twenty-first century where issues
of order and stability lie at the core of security questions, this
timely book, elegant in its conception and translation, may be a
vital guide."
James Gow, King?s College London
"Without question, this is the best single volume available on
the logic of empires, both ancient and modern. The empirical range
is impressive, the debt to international relations theory helpful,
and the whole is written with grace and clarity."
John A. Hall, McGill University