Imperial waltz: is American power good, bad, or distressingly reluctant?(Culture and Reviews)(Colossus: The Price of America's Empire)(An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror)(Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East)(Book Review) From: Reason | Date: January 1, 2005| Author: Young, Michael | COPYRIGHT 2005 Reason Foundation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Colossus: The Price of America's Empire, by Niall Ferguson, New York: Penguin Press, 384 pages, $25.95

An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror, by David Frum and Richard Perle, New York: Random House, 284 pages, $25.95

Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East, by Rashid Khalidi, Boston: Beacon Press, 223 pages, 823

WRITING OF BRITAIN'S Victorian empire, James (now Jan) Morris observed that the impe...