Naked imperialism.(REVIEW OF THE MONTH; United States foreign relations)

From: Monthly Review | Date: September 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

The global actions of the United States since September 11, 2001, are often seen as constituting a "new militarism" and a "new imperialism." Yet, neither militarism nor imperialism is new to the United States, which has been an expansionist power--continental, hemispheric, and global--since its inception. What has changed is the nakedness with which this is being promoted, and the unlimited, planetary extent of U.S. ambitions.

Max Boot, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, insists that the "greatest danger" facing the United States in Iraq and around the world ...

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