This fifth and final volume in the Social Science Research Council series “After September 11” examines what the experience of past empires tells us about the nature and consequences of global power. In the shadow of America’s recent military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, the SSRC convened a distinguished group of historians of empires and international relations specialists to consider “empire” in the face of contemporary political reality. How do the goals and circumstances of the United States at present compare to classical imperialist projects of rule over others? Lessons of Empire addresses this question from multiple perspectives. Buy from Amazon