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Settler garrison : debt imperialism, militarism, and transpacific imaginaries

Kim, Jodi - 2022

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Banana cowboys : the United Fruit Company and the culture of corporate colonialism

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Super imperialism : the origin and fundamentals of U.S. world dominance

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America's Rasputin : Walt Rostow and the Vietnam War

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The education of Walt Whitman Rostow, 1916-1949 -- The making of an anticommunist zealot, 1950-1960 -- Rattling sabers, 1961 -- A distant voice, 1962-1963 -- The Rostow thesis, 1964-1965 -- The prophet returns, 1966 -- Postponing the inevitable, 1967 -- A world crashes down, 1968 -- Epilogue,...

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Alliance curse : how America lost the Third World

Root, Hilton L. - 2008

"Proposes an analytical foundation for national security that challenges long-held assumptions or outdated suppositions about foreign affairs. Presents case studies of American foreign policy toward developing countries, efforts at state building, and nations growing in importance. Concludes...

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Spreading the American Dream : American economic and cultural expansion, 1890 - 1945

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US political and trade relations with Africa

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