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How The US Took Over The World

Citations and Further Reading: American empire in its many forms https://books.google.com/books?id=GYt... https://jacobin.com/2019/03/united-st... https://books.google.com/books?id=Ulk... https://books.google.com/books/about/... https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2022/... https://jacobin.com/2020/10/us-milita... https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.13169... https://books.google.com/books?id=_GI... https://books.google.com/books?id=6Ww... Some maps https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3701sm.... https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019... https://www.basenation.us/maps.html A definition of empire/imperialism https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/... American military spending is greater than the next 10 countries' combined https://www.nationalpriorities.org/bl... Post-WWII population under US control, in and out of the mainland https://www.npr.org/2019/02/18/694700... Informal imperialism after WWII, decolonization, and the USSR https://www.jstor.org/stable/20453107 Military bases abroad https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9... https://www.basenation.us/maps.html Coups and regime change clips https://x.com/HotSpotHotSpot/status/1... https://www.foxnews.com/video/5735486... 250 military interventions since 1991 https://mronline.org/2022/09/16/u-s-l... 350 coup attempts since 1982 https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/20... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/m... “by 2012, American companies owned 46% of all publicly listed shares of the top 500 corporations in the world” https://academic.oup.com/isq/article-... Sanctions https://x.com/JStein_WaPo/status/1816... https://www.washingtonpost.com/busine... https://jacobin.com/2022/03/us-contro... https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/... Sanctions exist to “decrease monetary and real wages, to bring about hunger, [and] desperation” https://history.state.gov/historicald... About Second Thought: Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a socialist perspective. Welcome! Business Email: secondthoughtchannel@gmail.com For individuals or small businesses looking for one-on-one production training, I offer hourly consulting services as well. Send inquiries to jtchapmanchannel@gmail.com