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Daniel Immerwahr

How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States

Daniel ImmerwahrNonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

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What is the significance of the Greater United States in history? What, in your opinion, is its current-day significance?

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How did the Spanish-American War (1898) transform the United States? What alternative name does the author use for this war and why?

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Why does the author use the term “pointillist empire” to describe the United States? Do you agree with the author’s assessment of what an “informal” empire is? Why or why not?

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