Dangerous Nation: America's Foreign Policy from Its Earliest Days to the Dawn of the Twentieth Century: 1 (Dangerous Nation Trilogy) - Softcover

"Brilliant and original. . . . A tour de force of historical writing that should change the way many people view the country's past. . . a landmark." --Foreign Affairs"The most important reassessment of early United States foreign policy to appear in over half a century. Compellingly written and provocatively argued, it goes far toward explaining -- to the world but also to ourselves -- who we Americans are today, and where we may be going." --John Lewis Gaddis, author of The Cold War"A first-rate work of history, based on prodigious reading and enlivened by a powerful prose style. . . . Helps bring long-dead diplomatic history to life."--The Economist"Provocative and deeply absorbing. . . . [Kagan] shows how America was always a player, and often a ruthless one, in the great game of nations."--The New York Times Book Review

The best-selling author of Of Paradise and Power reassesses the role and significance of America in the world, from the colonial period to the turn of the twentieth century, offering a revealing glimpse of America's increasing global power and influence over the course of the past four centuries. Reprint.