Into New Territory: American Historians and the Concept of US Imperialism - James G. Morgan - Google Books

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The idea that the United States—a nation founded after a war of independence—operates as an imperialist power on the world stage has gained considerable traction since the turn of the twenty-first century. But just a few decades earlier, this position was…