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Some years before American economic and cultural power began to penetrate the Netherlands, Dutch officials sought greater influence within the United States with a dedicated wartime public diplomacy outreach. The Netherlands Information Bureau (NIB), established in 1941, not quite a year after the Nazi invasion of Holland, sought to win greater American sympathies for the besieged country, and at least deflect US criticism, if not win direct American support. In this brief excerpt from my forthcoming book I show how American power in the Netherlands had its origins with Dutch power in the U.S.: 
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Why empire?This blog presents new scholarship on American empire, places the American experience in a broader and global imperial context, explores imperial habits throughout American society and culture, uncovers the imperial connections between the foreign and the domestic, and develops “empire” as a critical perspective.
At least two features in the American experience are clarified through the lens of American empire: First, we better understand persistent social inequities in a nation professing a fundamental commitment to equality. Second, even a cursory glance at American history makes plain the chronic violence at the center of US foreign policy, which frequently mounts or supports bloody military conflict abroad. Empire helps us recognize how and why the United States seems to be constantly at war--including often with itself--with all the foreign and domestic consequences thereof. |
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