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Habits of Empire: A History of American Expansion
A History of American Expansion
Book • 2008
In this thorough and well-sourced work, Walter Nugent recounts America's land acquisitions from early expansions into Transappalachia and the Louisiana Purchase to later additions like Alaska and island protectorates in the Caribbean and Pacific.
He demonstrates how initial motives of providing land for a growing population evolved into securing strategic outposts for global economic and military interests, revealing the deep roots of American imperialism and its contradictions with principles of liberty and democracy.
He demonstrates how initial motives of providing land for a growing population evolved into securing strategic outposts for global economic and military interests, revealing the deep roots of American imperialism and its contradictions with principles of liberty and democracy.
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