America's middlemen : power at the edge of empire /
America's Middlemen Throughout American political history, the U.S. 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 whe...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
[2018]
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| Summary: | America's Middlemen Throughout American political history, the U.S. 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 309 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781107162150 1107162157 9781316614723 1316614727 |