The debates and policies that gave rise to American empire occurred at the very end of the nineteenth century, in conflicts that found Theodore Roosevelt and Mark Twain at odds. Author Stephen Kinzer joins me to discuss the transformation of America away from nonintervention and toward empire.
About the Guest
Stephen Kinzer is the author of many books, and served for more than 20 years as the New York Times‘ bureau chief in Turkey, Germany, and Nicaragua, and as the Boston Globe‘s Latin America correspondent. He is a senior fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University.
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Book Discussed
The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire
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Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change, from Hawaii to Iraq
All the Shah’s Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
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