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Scott B. Cook's book is a short manuscript aimed without roundabout at the history undergrads. While colonial conquest have certainly existed in the more distant past, the scope of the book focuses on the phenomenon known as "high" imperialism the Cook argues to have occurred within the years between 1870 and 1914. Thus, it is essentially selective. The jumble for the entire continent of Africa is, of course, discussed, along with three expositions that Cook accurately describes as "case" colonies: King Leopold's Congo (Chapter 2), America's Hawaii (Chapter 4), and British India (Chapter 6). The book also provides a vivid, albeit relatively short, account of the French, German, and Dutch empires. But by including Hawaii and the U.S. in the major discussion, Cook's book transcends the longstanding tradition of ascribing imperialism (particularly classical imperialism) to Western Europe. To bring out fully the global nature of imperialism, future texts about it should somehow have to......

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