The Empire Trap : The Rise and Fall of U.S. Intervention to Protect American Property Overseas, 1893-2013

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Throughout the twentieth century, the U.S. government willingly deployed power, hard and soft, to protect American investments all around the globe. Why did the United States get into the business of defending its citizens' property rights abroad? The Empire Trap looks at how modern U.S. involvement in the empire business began, how American foreig