Introduction : contending with the American empire
Benjamin Franklin and America's imperial vision
John Quincy Adams and America's tortured empire
Wlliam Henry Seward reimagines the American empire
Henry Cabot Lodge and the new American empire
John Foster Dulles and the conflicted empire
Paul Wolfowitz and the lonely empire
Postscript : the dark side.
Empire for liberty : a history of American imperialism from Benjamin Franklin to Paul Wolfowitz by Richard H. Immerman. ISBN 9780691127620. Published by Princeton University Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.