 | America after Empire: The Vision for a New America in the 21st Century Subjects: Politics & International Relations; Social Sciences; International Political Economy; Sociology & Social Policy; Historical Sociology; Political Sociology; Social Class; After the end of America's longest (20-year) war in Afghanistan and Iraq that cost more than $6 trillion and nearly half a million lives, what does the future hold for America and the American people in the 21st century? In this timely and important book, Berch Berberoglu provides an eye-opening account of the history of the American Empire from its inception to the present, with prospects for its future. Examining the worldwide expansion of the American Empire over the course of its turbulent history in great detail, Berberoglu assesses America's imperial legacy in a sober way, highlighting its failure to come to terms with the enormous cost of this adventure in imperial overreach. But Berberoglu sees light at the end of the long, dark tunnel, when the American people will awaken and lead the way to a new America after empire in the coming decades of the 21st century. Berch Berberoglu is Foundation Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, at the University of Nevada, Reno. He received his PhD in sociology from the University of Oregon in 1977. He has been teaching and conducting research at the University of Nevada, Reno, for the past 45 years. Dr. Berberoglu has written and edited 33 books and many articles. His latest books include Globalization in the 21st Century ; Beyond the Global Capitalist Crisis: The World Economy in Transition ; The Global Capitalist Crisis and Its Aftermath ; The Palgrave Handbook of Social Movements, Revolution, and Social Transformation; and The Global Rise of Authoritarianism in the 21st Century: Crisis of Neoliberal Globalization and the Nationalist Response. |
