The true flag : Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the birth of American empire
Kinzer, Stephen
The true flag : Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the birth of American empire / Stephen Kinzer - First edition. - New York : Henry Holt and Company , 2017 - 306 p. : illus. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-289) and index.
White and peaceful wings -- There may be an explosion -- The great day of my life -- Islands or canned goods -- If they resist, what shall we do? -- Stinkpot -- I turn green in bed at midnight -- What a choice for a patriotic American! -- The Constitution does not apply -- You will get used to it -- The deep hurt.
Stephen Kinzer brings to life the forgotten political debate that set America's interventionist course in the world for the twentieth century and beyond. How should the United States act in the world? Americans cannot decide. Sometimes we burn with righteous anger, launching foreign wars and deposing governments. Then we retreat - until the cycle begins again. No matter how often we debate this question, none of what we say is original. Every argument is a pale shadow of the first and greatest debate, which erupted more than a century ago. Its themes resurface every time Americans argue whether to intervene in a foreign country. Revealing a piece of forgotten history, Stephen Kinzer transports us to the dawn of the twentieth century, when the United States first found itself with the chance to dominate faraway lands. That prospect thrilled some Americans. It horrified others. Their debate gripped the nation. The country's best-known political and intellectual leaders took sides. Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge, and William Randolph Hearst pushed for imperial expansion; Mark Twain, Booker T. Washington, and Andrew Carnegie preached restraint. Only once before - in the period when the United States was founded - have so many brilliant Americans so eloquently debated a question so fraught with meaning for all humanity. All Americans, regardless of political perspective, can take inspiration from the titans who faced off in this epic confrontation. Their words are amazingly current. Every argument over America's role in the world grows from this one. It all starts here.
English.
9781627792165
Spanish-American war---1898
Imperialism---History---19th century
Imperialism---History---20th century
United States---Foreign relations---1897 - 1901
United States---Politics and government---1897-1901
United States---Politics and government---1901-1909
United States---Foreign relations---1901-1909
United States---Territorial expansion
E713 / .K56 2017
327.73 KIN
The true flag : Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the birth of American empire / Stephen Kinzer - First edition. - New York : Henry Holt and Company , 2017 - 306 p. : illus. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-289) and index.
White and peaceful wings -- There may be an explosion -- The great day of my life -- Islands or canned goods -- If they resist, what shall we do? -- Stinkpot -- I turn green in bed at midnight -- What a choice for a patriotic American! -- The Constitution does not apply -- You will get used to it -- The deep hurt.
Stephen Kinzer brings to life the forgotten political debate that set America's interventionist course in the world for the twentieth century and beyond. How should the United States act in the world? Americans cannot decide. Sometimes we burn with righteous anger, launching foreign wars and deposing governments. Then we retreat - until the cycle begins again. No matter how often we debate this question, none of what we say is original. Every argument is a pale shadow of the first and greatest debate, which erupted more than a century ago. Its themes resurface every time Americans argue whether to intervene in a foreign country. Revealing a piece of forgotten history, Stephen Kinzer transports us to the dawn of the twentieth century, when the United States first found itself with the chance to dominate faraway lands. That prospect thrilled some Americans. It horrified others. Their debate gripped the nation. The country's best-known political and intellectual leaders took sides. Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge, and William Randolph Hearst pushed for imperial expansion; Mark Twain, Booker T. Washington, and Andrew Carnegie preached restraint. Only once before - in the period when the United States was founded - have so many brilliant Americans so eloquently debated a question so fraught with meaning for all humanity. All Americans, regardless of political perspective, can take inspiration from the titans who faced off in this epic confrontation. Their words are amazingly current. Every argument over America's role in the world grows from this one. It all starts here.
English.
9781627792165
Spanish-American war---1898
Imperialism---History---19th century
Imperialism---History---20th century
United States---Foreign relations---1897 - 1901
United States---Politics and government---1897-1901
United States---Politics and government---1901-1909
United States---Foreign relations---1901-1909
United States---Territorial expansion
E713 / .K56 2017
327.73 KIN
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