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Rise to Empire: Justice vs. Power From the Colonization of the Philippines to U.S. World Domination
Rise to Empire Justice vs Power From the Colonization of the Philippines to US World Domination Author:Michael K. Smith Rise To Empire examines the United States between 1898 and 1945 with powerful quotes from the times and pithy essays. Smith reviews US interventions, culture and complicity with fascism from soaring US investment in the Third Reich to a thriving American eugenics movement that Hitler praised. But Rise to Empire is a message of hop... more »e. From the labor movement, civil rights and other struggles, a cast of brave, subversive and exhilarating dissidents keeps the story lively, including Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Clarence Darrow, "Big Bill" Haywood, Eugene Debs, W. E. B. DuBois, Robert La Follette and Emma Goldman. Michael K. Smith, from San Francisco, is the author of The Madness of King George: The Ingenious Insanity of Our Most Misunderestimated President.« less