{"product_id":"on-empire-book-e-j-hobsbawm-9781595584656","title":"On Empire","description":"\"A small volume for igniting big discussions\" (Booklist), the renowned historian Eric Hobsbawm’s \u003ci\u003eOn Empire\u003c\/i\u003e is a major new intellectual resource for anyone seeking to understand America’s fate in the new millennium.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn four brief chapters encompassing a century of world history, Hobsbawm engages the key questions of our era with his characteristic wit, precision, and historical breadth of knowledge. A startling image of danger and instability emerges as \u003ci\u003eOn Empire\u003c\/i\u003e sketches the tangled relationship between globalization, war, and the prospects for peace in a world that has witnessed uninterrupted military conflict since 1914.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is against this somber backdrop that Hobsbawm offers his views about why America will never achieve the dominance of past empires—despite the  overwhelming preponderance of U.S. military power in the world. And in a powerful series of historical observations about the war in Iraq, Hobsbawm dismantles every major assumption underlying American military strategy, demonstrating the utter futility of U.S. hopes for “victory” in the Middle East.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Good grounds for heated discussion about America’s role in the world\" (Kirkus Reviews), \u003ci\u003eOn Empire\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant new intellectual volley from “our greatest living historian” (The New York Review of Books).","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50132771930385,"sku":"CIN159558465XVG","price":6.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51417407193361,"sku":"CIN159558465XG","price":6.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/159558465X.jpg?v=1759231406","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/on-empire-book-e-j-hobsbawm-9781595584656","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}