The Forging of the American Empire

This is the story of a nation--the United States--that has conducted more than 160 wars and other...
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Author: Sidney Lens
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The Forging of the American Empire by Lens, Sidney

The Forging of the American Empire

€48,73

The Forging of the American Empire

€48,73
Author: Sidney Lens
Format: Paperback
Language: English

This is the story of a nation--the United States--that has conducted more than 160 wars and other military ventures while insisting it loves peace.

In the process, the US has forged a world empire while maintaining its innocence of imperialistic designs. From Mexico to Lebanon, from China to the Dominican Republic, from Nicaragua to Vietnam, the US has intervened regularly in the affairs of other nations.

Yet the myth that Americans are benevolent, peace-lving people who will fight only to defend the rights of others lingers on. Excesses and cruelties, though sometimes admitted, usually are regarded as momentary aberrations.

In this comprehensive history of American imperialism, Sidney Lens punctures the myth once and for all by showing how the US, from the time it gained its own independence, has used every available means--political, economic, and military--to dominate other peoples.



Author: Sidney Lens
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Published: 11/22/2016
Pages: 465
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781608468157

About the Author
During the 1960s Sidney Lens, trade unionist, writer and dissident, avidly protested against the trial of the Chicago Eight as part of the 'Committee to Defend the Conspiracy' with, amongst others, Noam Chomsky, Susan Sontag and Norman Mailer. He also contributed significantly to the organisation of Anti-War marches held in Washington DC and San Francisco in 1969, protesting against the Vietnam War. Sidney Lens has written thirteen books. The Forging of the American Empire was originally published by Apollo Editions in 1974.

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