The Empire Trap. The Rise and Fall of U.S. Intervention to Protect American Property Overseas, 1893-2013. By Noel Maurer. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013 [Ressenya de llibre]

摘要

This excellent book explains how the US ended up ruling an Empire since the early 20th century (despite its refusal to accept it), and how the country sorted out the contradiction between being a full democracy and subduing foreign territories ...