Discuss whether the United States is an empire or not, considering the views of writers from the “Daedalus” (2005): Niall Ferguson (in “The unconscious colossus: limits of (& alternatives to) American empire”), Anthony Pagden (“Empire, liberalism & the quest for perpetual peace”), and Robin Blackburn (“Emancipation & empire, from Cromwell to Karl Rove”). Generally, would they all agree that the United States is an empire? Explain if so.

Discuss whether the United States is an empire or not, considering the views of writers from the “Daedalus” (2005): Niall Ferguson (in “The unconscious colossus: limits of (& alternatives to) American empire”), Anthony Pagden (“Empire, liberalism & the quest for perpetual peace”), and Robin Blackburn (“Emancipation & empire, from Cromwell to Karl Rove”). Generally, would they all agree that the United States is an empire? Explain if so.