interventions in other countries, while the roots of these phenomena actually lie in the 1890s. In a chronological narrative, Kinzer demonstrates that the arguments of isolationism and interventionism, so powerful in today's political discourse, were equally present at the beginning of the "American century." He argues that, too often, scholars look to the period after World War II to understand U.S.
Stephen Kinzer's The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire is an insightful account of the political debates of 1898-1902, surrounding the intervention of the United States in Hawaii, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. New York: Henry Holt and Company, LLC, 2017. The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire.
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