The True Flag
eBook - ePub

The True Flag

Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The True Flag

Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire

About this book

The public debate over American interventionism at the dawn of the 20th century is vividly brought to life in this "engaging, well-focused history" ( Kirkus , starred review).

Should the United States use its military to dominate foreign lands? It's a perennial question that first raised more than a century ago during the Spanish American War. The country's political and intellectual leaders took sides in an argument that would shape American policy and identity through the 20th century and beyond.

Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge, and William Randolph Hearst pushed for imperial expansion; Mark Twain, Booker T. Washington, and Andrew Carnegie preached restraint. Not since the nation's founding had so many brilliant Americans debated a question so fraught with meaning for all humanity.

As Stephen Kinzer demonstrates in The True Flag, their eloquent discourse is as relevant today as it was then. Because every argument over America's role in the world grows from this one.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Notice
  4. Dedication
  5. Introduction
  6. Chapter 1. White and Peaceful Wings
  7. Chapter 2. There May Be an Explosion
  8. Chapter 3. The Great Day of My Life
  9. Chapter 4. Islands or Canned Goods
  10. Chapter 5. If They Resist, What Shall We Do?
  11. Chapter 6. Stinkpot
  12. Chapter 7. I Turn Green in Bed at Midnight
  13. Chapter 8. What a Choice for a Patriotic American!
  14. Chapter 9. The Constitution Does Not Apply
  15. Chapter 10. You Will Get Used to It
  16. Chapter 11. The Deep Hurt
  17. Notes
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index
  20. Photos
  21. Acknowledgments
  22. Illustration Credits
  23. Also by Stephen Kinzer
  24. About the Author
  25. Newsletter Sign-up
  26. Contents
  27. Copyright