The adolescent empire. (American foreign policy)

From: The National Interest | Date: June 22, 1997| Author: Kurth, James | Copyright information

The role of the US in international affairs can be examined in two ways. First, it can be studied in the light of the spread of democratic values. It can also be analyzed from the US' imperialist attitude as seen from the proposed expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The growth of the American empire exhibit similarities with the Habsburg, the British, the French, the Russian and the Nazi empires.

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