What are some good books on empire as a concept? Not really histories

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2016-02-07 03:35:43 Post No. 7669212
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Anonymous 2016-02-07 03:35:43 Post No. 7669212 [Report]

What are some good books on empire as a concept? Not really histories on any specific empires, but about the nature of empire itself.

Historical, scientific, or philosophical takes all welcome.

Anonymous 2016-02-07 04:14:31 Post No.7669341
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Anonymous 2016-02-07 04:14:31 Post No.7669341 [Report]

>>7669212
Vanished Kingdoms by Davies
Waiting for the Barbarians by Coetzee
Submission by Houellebecq
Napoleon the Great by Andrew Roberts
The General in his Labyrinth by Marquez

Anonymous 2016-02-07 06:31:44 Post No.7669664
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Anonymous 2016-02-07 06:31:44 Post No.7669664 [Report]

>>7669341
Thanks friend, I'll check these out.

Anonymous 2016-02-07 06:37:58 Post No.7669676
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Anonymous 2016-02-07 06:37:58 Post No.7669676 [Report]

>>7669212
Empire - Negri/Hardt

Anonymous 2016-02-07 06:47:33 Post No.7669696
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Anonymous 2016-02-07 06:47:33 Post No.7669696 [Report]

>>7669341
>Submission by Houellebecq
Good choice

Anonymous 2016-02-07 09:31:36 Post No.7669928
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Anonymous 2016-02-07 09:31:36 Post No.7669928 [Report]

>>7669341
Napoleon by Tarle
Written by a historian, accurate, critical, yet easy-to-read.

Anonymous 2016-02-07 13:10:11 Post No.7670302
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Anonymous 2016-02-07 13:10:11 Post No.7670302 [Report]

Imperium - FP Yockey

Anonymous 2016-02-07 13:55:04 Post No.7670462
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Anonymous 2016-02-07 13:55:04 Post No.7670462 [Report]

Invertebrate Spain - Ortega y Gasset

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>No Spenger mentioned in the thread.
Bloody plebs.

Also: An Arab Philosophy of History by Ibn Khaldun.

What are some good books on empire as a concept? Not really histories

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