Power, Profit and Prestige (tags)
The United States was also constantly at war, after independence, with Native Americans. The U.S. armed forces engaged in a thousand military operations, large and small, against Native Americans between 1868 and 1890!
Empire as a state of being (tags)
"The coming century will not be American, and the emerging world order will not be centered. As the historical re-balancing towards non-western world regions unfolds, the US will be faced with a novel de-centered and plural configuration of world politics."
The center won't hold any more (tags)
Philip S. Golub is a journalist and lecturer at the University of Paris.
The Costs of the Iraq War Shock the US Public (tags)
"If Bush wins again, the attack is the best defense delusion threatens and the realiza-tion of the self-fulfilling prophecy of the American rightwing that sees a coming clash of civilizations between Islam and the West."