And in the United States, empire does not even exist; 'we' are merely protecting the causes of freedom, democracy and justice worldwide." [173] Fareed Zakaria stressed one element not exceptional for the American Empire—the concept of exceptionalism. All dominant empires thought they were special.

American Empire is a term relating to the political, economic, military and cultural influence of the United States. The concept of an American empire was first popularized in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War of 1898, although the founding fathers of the American republic also spoke about "empire". [1]

American Empire is the current rage--whether hailed or denounced, accepted as inevitable or greeted as an historic opportunity. Common to the discourse is an assumption, shared also by...

For most of its history the United States was an expansionist power that acquired considerable territory through treaty, conquest, and annexation. However, except for one period at the end of the twentieth century, the United States did not follow the classic patterns of …

In the decades after World War II, the United States became a global influence in economic, political, military, cultural, and technological affairs. Following World War II, the United States emerged as one of the two dominant superpowers, the Soviet Union being the other.

2019年2月18日 · American presidents like to describe the United States as a force for freedom and independence in the world. Our guest, historian Daniel Immerwahr, says there are also plenty of times in our...

2025年1月22日 · United States - Expansion, Democracy, Diversity: McKinley easily defeated Bryan in 1900. The victory, however, was hardly a mandate for imperialism, and, as events were soon to disclose, the American people were perhaps the most reluctant imperialists in history.

Empire and Imperialism: United States. The question of whether the United States is an imperial power that, like other previous imperial powers, has been acquiring an empire of its own has been hotly contested in U.S. political history.

2020年7月29日 · Immerwahr 2019 shows how the United States managed to “hide an empire” in the 19th and early 20th centuries by acquiring or annexing territories without granting rights to the non-white peoples who lived there.

2024年12月13日 · From its earliest westward expansion shortly after its birth, the United States has been as consistent in imperial power as any of its European contemporaries. Therefore, American foreign policy decisions in the late 19th century represent a crescendo of overt American imperial activity.