2011
First Published
4.11
Average Rating
230
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All empires spin self-serving myths, and in the US the most potent of these is that America is a force for democracy around the world. Yet there is a tradition of American anti-imperialism that exposes this misleading mythology. American Insurgents is a surprising, revelatory history of anti-imperialism in the United States since the American Revolution. It charts the movements against empire from the Indian Wars and the expansionism of the slave South to the Anti-Imperialist League of Mark Twain and Jane Addams. Seymour crafts a lively and transparent explanation of why some of these movements succeeded and others failed. The result is a vital perspective for those organizing antiwar resistance today.
Avg Rating
4.11
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47
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Author
Richard Seymour
Author · 11 books
Northern Irish Marxist writer and broadcaster, activist and owner of the blog Lenin's Tomb. Seymour is a former member of the Socialist Workers Party. He is currently working on a PhD. in sociology.
