How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel ImmerwahrMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
There just isn’t a good approach to imperialism. Manifest Destiny was a cruel power grab. Traditional colonization was a cruel power grab. The globalization that replaced it at the end of World War Two might have seemed better on the surface, but it too turned out to be a cruel power grab. Though the subject here is clearly depressing. Daniel Immerwahr tackles it with precision and wit, moving skillfully between the big picture and the small details. I particularly appreciated the anecdotes that illustrate the issues involved with the United States’ wide variety of territorial entanglements.
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