America’s Middlemen: Power At The Edge Of Empire

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Synopsis
Throughout American political history, the US government has formed alliances with militias, tribes, and rebels. Sometimes, these alliances have been successful, dramatically reshaping the battlefield. But these alliances have also risked creating larger wars in regions where the United States had no real interest.

Understanding these alliances - and much of American political history - requires moving beyond our normal focus on traditional diplomats or social elites. Traders, missionaries, former slaves, and low-level government employees drove these alliances. These intermediaries used their relationships across borders to shape security politics, affecting American and thereby world history.

Skillfully integrating political science with history and sociology, Eric Grynaviski provides a novel account of who matters and why in international politics. By developing broader views about political agency - how people come to make a difference in world politics - he brings into focus new histories of world politics and how they matter for scholars and the public.

Proposes a new theory of agency in international politics that will resonate in interdisciplinary conversations about agency and politics.

Provides fresh and new histories of important events in international politics.

Features extensive and innovative use of archival evidence.

Copyright:
2018

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
300 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781108340496
Related ISBNs:
9781107162150, 9781107162150
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Eric Grynaviski
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Politics and Government
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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