The Empire Trap: The Rise and Fall of U.S. Intervention to Protect American Property Overseas, 1893-2013

How the United States became an imperial power by bowing to pressure to defend its citizens' overseas investments

Throughout the twentieth century, the U.S. government willingly deployed power, hard and soft, to protect American investments all around the globe. Why did the United States get into the business of defending its citizens' property rights abroad? The Empire Trap looks at how modern U.S. involvement in the empire business began, how American foreign policy became increasingly tie...