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Facebook "Memories" function reminded me today that we lost Dad about six years ago. I posted the following thoughts a couple weeks after he passed. Some of this still moves me, so I share it with readers today. Regular writing, history, and book posting will resume tomorrow:  New suburban home circa 1970, Moon township, Pennsylvania. Pictured are your author with his younger sister, Rachel; Dad; Mom; and Dad's mother, Katie.
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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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