The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire

The public debate over American interventionism at the dawn of the 20th century is vividly brought to life in this "engaging, well-focused history" (Kirkus, starred review).

Should the United States use its military to dominate foreign lands? It's a perennial question that first raised more than a century ago during the Spanish American War. The country's political and intellectual leaders took sides in an argument that would shape American policy and identity through the 20th century and be...