it's about the US as a new kind of (Western) empire as told through the history of its colonialism and military occupation - super snappy and well-written! i'm always recommending it to friends :)
Lays out US imperial mission of perpetual war as a relatively new form of global occupation -- in spite of this mission's repeated failures. To borrow a phrase my bf just maybe coined today: the project of "American delusionalism" summarized. Dissertation inspo for me
I wanted to understand wars and stuff but instead I got the intricacies of supply chains and banking monopolies. Also wars and stuff.
If you read this book you can predict the future.
Vidalβs prescient, lucid, and cutting perspective is exactly what we need as the American Empire appears to enter its final death throes. This essay collection dissects the transformation of the American experiment into an imperialist power and foretells its impending collapse.
