Traces the history of Islamic imperialism and argues that the region's history has been influenced more by long existing indigenous trends, patterns of behavior, and Islam's imperial tradition more than global power politics.
Compares the United States to the British, Roman, Chinese, Incan, and Aztec empires, examines how America works, and argues that empire building can ultimately threaten the health of democracy.
Discusses American territorial expansion in Hawaii, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines during the latter half of the nineteenth century and examines the economic, political, and social changes that occurred.
Latin America, the United States, and the rise of the new imperialism
Grandin, Greg
2006
Examines the history of the U.S.'s foreign policy regarding Latin America, discussing the U.S.'s actions and tactics in Latin America as "imperial" precedents for the Iraq War.
