A Very Short History of American Empire (Vol I)
Note: As this little book was written a few years back now, some of the links do not lead to the original sources. I believe I have the links to sources disabled for this reason, but if not so in every case, please keep this note in mind before clicking footnote links. Thanks.
A long essay, or a short book, depending on how you look at it. I say volume one because I intend on writing follow up volumes to this. History that could be considered revisionist, about the trajectory the United States took towards forming an empire, starting with the invasion of Canada during the Revolutionary War, and going as far as WWI, when Britain was becoming less influential as the US more or less began to take over for them. This volume ends just before that.
Covers many dissenters, including Mark Twain. Many are unaware of his efforts with, what was then called, the Anti-Imperialist League. He opposed the war in the Philippines, and wrote ferocious essays against empire and war. Many of these works were only rediscovered by later generations, especially through the work of Jim Zwick in the 1990s.
For the early section dealing with the US invasion of Canada (and the War of 1812), I relied heavily on the writings of David Orchard, a great Canadian patriot of our time. I also relied heavily on materials found online at the time of the book's writing.Keep in mind, this little volume was written perhaps a few years ago, and as far as I can tell, none of my assumptions have changed due to current events. If anything, my thesis is becoming more obvious,as we see the rise of Asian powers like China, the resurgence of Russia, and the general desperation among the US elite planners attempting to maintain control of an empire that has already slipped into history.
This little book, in the tradition of writers such as Gore Vidal in his capacity as essayist, turns the point of view around, perhaps in a way that some would call revisionist. However, I have never accepted that term, as it implies (to me, at least), that one is not allowed a point of view, and as Howard Zinn often pointed out, history is really not objective - as it is so often written by the victors.
The book ends with Eugene Debs being put in prison for his opposition to WWI, and Jeanette Rankin's insistence on voting against not only WWI, but a brief mention is made of her being bold enough to vote against WWII, based on her principles.
Mark Twain, Poncho Villa, Zapata, Woodrow Wilson, Ethan Allen, and many others fill the digital pages of this small book.
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A long essay, or a short book, depending on how you look at it. I say volume one because I intend on writing follow up volumes to this. History that could be considered revisionist, about the trajectory the United States took towards forming an empire, starting with the invasion of Canada during the Revolutionary War, and going as far as WWI, when Britain was becoming less influential as the US more or less began to take over for them. This volume ends just before that.
Covers many dissenters, including Mark Twain. Many are unaware of his efforts with, what was then called, the Anti-Imperialist League. He opposed the war in the Philippines, and wrote ferocious essays against empire and war. Many of these works were only rediscovered by later generations, especially through the work of Jim Zwick in the 1990s.
For the early section dealing with the US invasion of Canada (and the War of 1812), I relied heavily on the writings of David Orchard, a great Canadian patriot of our time. I also relied heavily on materials found online at the time of the book's writing.Keep in mind, this little volume was written perhaps a few years ago, and as far as I can tell, none of my assumptions have changed due to current events. If anything, my thesis is becoming more obvious,as we see the rise of Asian powers like China, the resurgence of Russia, and the general desperation among the US elite planners attempting to maintain control of an empire that has already slipped into history.
This little book, in the tradition of writers such as Gore Vidal in his capacity as essayist, turns the point of view around, perhaps in a way that some would call revisionist. However, I have never accepted that term, as it implies (to me, at least), that one is not allowed a point of view, and as Howard Zinn often pointed out, history is really not objective - as it is so often written by the victors.
The book ends with Eugene Debs being put in prison for his opposition to WWI, and Jeanette Rankin's insistence on voting against not only WWI, but a brief mention is made of her being bold enough to vote against WWII, based on her principles.
Mark Twain, Poncho Villa, Zapata, Woodrow Wilson, Ethan Allen, and many others fill the digital pages of this small book.
A Very Short History of American Empire (Vol I)
Note: As this little book was written a few years back now, some of the links do not lead to the original sources. I believe I have the links to sources disabled for this reason, but if not so in every case, please keep this note in mind before clicking footnote links. Thanks.
A long essay, or a short book, depending on how you look at it. I say volume one because I intend on writing follow up volumes to this. History that could be considered revisionist, about the trajectory the United States took towards forming an empire, starting with the invasion of Canada during the Revolutionary War, and going as far as WWI, when Britain was becoming less influential as the US more or less began to take over for them. This volume ends just before that.
Covers many dissenters, including Mark Twain. Many are unaware of his efforts with, what was then called, the Anti-Imperialist League. He opposed the war in the Philippines, and wrote ferocious essays against empire and war. Many of these works were only rediscovered by later generations, especially through the work of Jim Zwick in the 1990s.
For the early section dealing with the US invasion of Canada (and the War of 1812), I relied heavily on the writings of David Orchard, a great Canadian patriot of our time. I also relied heavily on materials found online at the time of the book's writing.Keep in mind, this little volume was written perhaps a few years ago, and as far as I can tell, none of my assumptions have changed due to current events. If anything, my thesis is becoming more obvious,as we see the rise of Asian powers like China, the resurgence of Russia, and the general desperation among the US elite planners attempting to maintain control of an empire that has already slipped into history.
This little book, in the tradition of writers such as Gore Vidal in his capacity as essayist, turns the point of view around, perhaps in a way that some would call revisionist. However, I have never accepted that term, as it implies (to me, at least), that one is not allowed a point of view, and as Howard Zinn often pointed out, history is really not objective - as it is so often written by the victors.
The book ends with Eugene Debs being put in prison for his opposition to WWI, and Jeanette Rankin's insistence on voting against not only WWI, but a brief mention is made of her being bold enough to vote against WWII, based on her principles.
Mark Twain, Poncho Villa, Zapata, Woodrow Wilson, Ethan Allen, and many others fill the digital pages of this small book.
A long essay, or a short book, depending on how you look at it. I say volume one because I intend on writing follow up volumes to this. History that could be considered revisionist, about the trajectory the United States took towards forming an empire, starting with the invasion of Canada during the Revolutionary War, and going as far as WWI, when Britain was becoming less influential as the US more or less began to take over for them. This volume ends just before that.
Covers many dissenters, including Mark Twain. Many are unaware of his efforts with, what was then called, the Anti-Imperialist League. He opposed the war in the Philippines, and wrote ferocious essays against empire and war. Many of these works were only rediscovered by later generations, especially through the work of Jim Zwick in the 1990s.
For the early section dealing with the US invasion of Canada (and the War of 1812), I relied heavily on the writings of David Orchard, a great Canadian patriot of our time. I also relied heavily on materials found online at the time of the book's writing.Keep in mind, this little volume was written perhaps a few years ago, and as far as I can tell, none of my assumptions have changed due to current events. If anything, my thesis is becoming more obvious,as we see the rise of Asian powers like China, the resurgence of Russia, and the general desperation among the US elite planners attempting to maintain control of an empire that has already slipped into history.
This little book, in the tradition of writers such as Gore Vidal in his capacity as essayist, turns the point of view around, perhaps in a way that some would call revisionist. However, I have never accepted that term, as it implies (to me, at least), that one is not allowed a point of view, and as Howard Zinn often pointed out, history is really not objective - as it is so often written by the victors.
The book ends with Eugene Debs being put in prison for his opposition to WWI, and Jeanette Rankin's insistence on voting against not only WWI, but a brief mention is made of her being bold enough to vote against WWII, based on her principles.
Mark Twain, Poncho Villa, Zapata, Woodrow Wilson, Ethan Allen, and many others fill the digital pages of this small book.
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| BN ID: | 2940014921077 |
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| Publisher: | JY Media |
| Publication date: | 08/01/2012 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
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