Kinzer ably conveys the passion and ferment of this brief period, situating this grand debate in the context of U.S. In Kinzer’s gripping narrative, the egotistical Theodore Roosevelt emerges in his aggressively hypermasculine fashion as the most outspoken expansionist, while Mark Twain embarks on the “least-known phase of his career” to resist the violent drive toward empire.
soon controlled Cuba and annexed Puerto Rico, Guam, Hawaii, and the Philippines in a swift series of subjugations.
The former largely triumphed, as the U.S. Expansionists proclaimed benevolent intent and a civilizing mission while touting the economic benefits of conquest anti-imperialists recalled America’s anticolonial origins and condemned imperialist violence and brutality. The nation plunged into arguably “the farthest-reaching debate” in its history with political and intellectual giants contesting “the imperial idea” to determine America’s place in the world and in history. encountered the opportunity to expand overseas by capturing Spanish colonial possessions and other territories and peoples within its reach. After a century of continental expansion, the U.S. Acclaimed journalist Kinzer ( The Brothers) spotlights the domestic discord and clamor over America’s imperial ventures at the dawn of the 20th century.
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