The forging of the American empire : [from the revolution to Vietnam, a history of U.S. imperialism
Surveying the pressures--internal and external-- on the United States today, Lens concludes that like any other empire, the reign of the U.S. will end--and he examines how this time of reckoning may come about. --From publisher description
Print Book, English, 2003
Pluto Press ; Haymarket Books, London, Sterling, Va., 2003
History
xii, 464 pages ; 24 cm
9780745321011, 9780745321004, 0745321011, 0745321003
53458546
Myth of morality
Forgotten ally
Fallen star
On to Canada
Picking the Spanish bone
Mexico for Americans
Transcontinental conquest
The brave braves
Commerce follows the flag
The flag follows commerce
Subduing the banana republics
The fine art of vandalism
The big leap
The war before the war (I)
The war before the war (II)
Against friend and foe
Global imperialism
The ecstasy and the agony
Closing the circle
Originally published: New York : Crowell, 1971