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Coolidge Professor of History David G. Blackbourn, soon to be Ferguson??s colleague, is pleased that Ferguson will be bringing his reputation for controversial views to Harvard...
...venture in Iraq, Ferguson contends, is but one instance of modern American imperialism. Ferguson??s most recent work, Colossus: The Price of America’s Empire, argues that the British spirit of empire has shaped America’s worldview since the nation’s founding and even today, the United States is an “empire in denial...
...Ferguson??s most controversial proposals is his support for American empire...
Saltonstall Professor of History Charles S. Maier ’60, who studies modern European history, says that while he agrees with Ferguson??s comparison between U.S. expansion and the British Empire, the two scholars disagree on the normative question about American empire...
While Maier and his history department colleagues are well-regarded academics within their various fields, few—if any—have attained Ferguson??s level of public prominence. Last month alone he penned two pieces for The New York Times, both touching on contentious issues—one trying to understand the high level of Muslim immigration into Europe and the other calling for “severity” in dealing with uprisings in Iraq...