Ian Tyrrell and Jay Sexton, eds. Empire’s Twin: U.S. Imperialism from the Founding Era to the Age of Terrorism.
Not long after the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld expressed confidently to Al-Jazeera the following about American foreign policy: “We don’t do empire. We’re not imperialistic. We never have been. I can’t imagine why you’d even ask the question.” His undisguis...
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European journal of American studies
2022
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| Gaia: | Not long after the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld expressed confidently to Al-Jazeera the following about American foreign policy: “We don’t do empire. We’re not imperialistic. We never have been. I can’t imagine why you’d even ask the question.” His undisguised denial of an American empire, either in the past or present, runs up against rather compelling evidence which suggests otherwise. Reluctance to acknowledge a persistent and strong current of im... |
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