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American Insurgents

American Insurgents

A Brief History of American Anti-Imperialism

Richard Seymour (Author)

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Publisher: Haymarket
Format: Book
Binding: pb
Pages: 268
Released: May 1, 2012
ISBN-13: 9781608461417

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All empires spin self-serving myths, and in the United States the most potent of these is that America is a force for democracy around the world. Yet there is a tradition of American anti-imperialism that gives the lie to this mythology. American Insurgents is a surprising, revelatory history of anti-imperialism in the United States since the American Revolution. It charts the movements against empire from the Indian Wars and the expansionism of the slave South to the Anti-Imperialist League of Mark Twain and Jane Addams. Richard Seymour crafts a lively and transparent explanation of why some of these movement succeeded and others failed. The result is a vital perspective for those organizing antiwar resistance today.