American Insurgents

"Seymour's obsessively researched, impressive first book holds its place as the most authoritative historical analysis of its kind."--"Resurgence"All empires spin self-serving myths, and in the United States the most potent of these is that America is a force for democracy around the world. Yet ther [...]
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"Seymour's obsessively researched, impressive first book holds its place as the most authoritative historical analysis of its kind."--"Resurgence"All empires spin self-serving myths, and in the United States the most potent of these is that America is a force for democracy around the world. Yet there is a tradition of American anti-imperialism which gives the lie to this mythology. Richard Seymour examines this complex relationship from the Revolution to the present-day.Richard Seymour is a socialist writer and runs the blog Lenin's Tomb. He is the author of "The Liberal Defense of Murder." His articles have appeared in the "Guardian" and "New Statesman."