Empire's Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 0805083235 ISBN13: 9780805083231 Release Date: May 2007 Publisher: Holt McDougal Length: 320 Pages Weight: 0.92 lbs. Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.2" Grandin has always been a brilliant historian; now he uses his detective skills in a book that is absolutely crucial to understanding our present.--Naomi Klein, author of No Logo The British and Roman empires are often invoked as precedents to the Bush administration's aggressive foreign policy. But America's imperial identity was actually shaped much closer to home. In a brilliant excavation of long-obscured history, Empire's Workshop shows how Latin America has functioned as a proving ground for American strategies and tactics overseas. Historian Greg Grandin follows the United States' imperial operations from Jefferson's aspirations for an empire of liberty in Cuba and Spanish Florida to Reagan's support for brutally oppressive but U.S.-friendly regimes in Central America. H