03439cam a2200529 i 4500 19274059 BJBSDDR 20231031161613.0 ta 160914s2018 nyua b 001 0 eng 2016019840 9781250159687 (pbk) 1250159687 (pbk) DLC eng DLC rda DLC eng pcc n-us--- 002 E 713 K56t 2018 327.73009/034 Kinzer, Stephen, 1951- 29144 The true flag : Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the birth of American empire / Stephen Kinzer. First St. Martin's Griffin edition New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2018. 308 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-289) and index. Introduction White and peaceful wings There may be an explosion The great day of my life Islands or canned goods If they resist, what shall we do? Stinkpot I turn green in bed at midnight What a choice for a patriotic American! The Constitution does not apply You will get used to it The deep hurt How should the United States act in the world? Americans cannot decide. Sometimes we burn with righteous anger, launching foreign wars and deposing governments. Then we retreat -- until the cycle begins again. No matter how often we debate this question, none of what we say is original. Every argument is a pale shadow of the first and greatest debate, which erupted more than a century ago. Its themes resurface every time Americans argue whether to intervene in a foreign country. Stephen Kinzer transports us to the dawn of the twentieth century, when the United States first found itself with the chance to dominate faraway lands. That prospect thrilled some Americans. It horrified others. Their debate gripped the nation. The country's best-known political and intellectual leaders took sides. Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge, and William Randolph Hearst pushed for imperial expansion; Mark Twain, Booker T. Washington, and Andrew Carnegie preached restraint. Only once before -- in the period when the United States was founded -- have so many brilliant Americans so eloquently debated a question so fraught with meaning for all humanity. Spanish-American War, 1898 Influence. Imperialism History 19th century. Imperialism History 20th century. Guerra hispano-americana, 1898 Influencia 32764 Imperialismo Historia Siglo XIX 9814 Imperialismo Historia Siglo XX 9814 United States Foreign relations 1897-1901. United States Politics and government 1897-1901. United States Foreign relations 1901-1909. United States Politics and government 1901-1909. United States Territorial expansion. Estados Unidos Relaciones exteriores 73 1897-1901 Estados Unidos Política y gobierno 2191 1897-1901. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 119183 119183 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-26 0 002 E 713 K56t 2018 00000163007 2023-04-26 00:00:00 1 2023-04-26 BK