Cover

About the Author

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Foreword

Introduction

Part One: The Winning of the National Territory

1. The Birth of a Nation

2. The Pursuit of Happiness

3. White Man and Red Man

Part Two: Middle Decades

1. The Literary Mirror

2. From West Indies to Far East

3. Civil War and After

4. The Last Indian Wars

Part Three: Overseas Expansion and the War with Spain

1. The Red Man in Custody

2. New Visions of Empire

3. Latin America and Further Asia

4. Anglo-Saxons and Their Wars

Part Four: Imperial Choices for a New Century

1. The Progressivist Era

2. The Philippines Experiment, and Direct or Indirect Rule

3. Dollar Diplomacy in Central America

4. Old World Frustrations, and Ideas of a New World Order

Part Five: Two Strides to World Power

1. Great War and Not So Great Peace

2. Victory and After: The Mirror of Science Fiction

3. America, the World’s Banker

4. Slump Years, and a New Look at the Red Indian

5. From Isolationism to Conquest

Part Six: The American Hegemony

1. Capitalism, Militarism and the Cold War

2. The Old Empires and Neo-Colonialism

3. War in Vietnam and Its Repercussions

4. The Middle East and Africa

5. Latin America

6. Retrospect and Prospect

Epilogue by John Trumpbour

Bibliography

Index