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'Empires Apart' is a well argued balanced addition - correction, even to these arguments. The author contends that far from the Iraq War being an aberration, America's road to Baghdad started when the first Englisman landed on Roanoke Island, musket in hand. He shows how Americans conquered their way across a continent to the Pacific and beyond so that by the end of the Spanish-American War they controlled an empire stretching from Cuba to Hawaii and the Philippines. In this, he maintains there are exact parallels with Russia - at the same time that the British were crossing the Atlantic, Russians were crossing the Urals and conquering their way to the Pacific.
Brian Landers establishes that the difference between the American and Russian Empires is that by the end of the nineteenth century, American settlers conquering new territories were replaced by American corporations conquering new markets - but still with US marine support.
In 'Empires Apart', he uncovers the real story behind the growth of the American Empire from the first 9/11 style terrorist attacks launched against the natives by the early Puritans, to the disastrous Polar Bear Expedition against the Bolsheviks and the 'regime changes' of the twentieth century.
Uniquely, Landers shows how the broad sweep of American history follows a consistent path from the first settlers to the present day and by comparing this with Russia's path - frankly labelled 'imperial' by the Russian Tsars - demonstrates the true nature of America's global ambitions. In doing so, he uncovers the nation's hidden history - slave raids targeting Spanish missionaries, the first US attack on Libya in 1815, the workers soviet that briefly claimed to control the city of Seattle in 1919, the destruction of Iranian democracy in 1953, the choreographed murder of Che Guevara.
Landers' book will entertain and educate, amuse and alarm, shame and shock. Everyone will learn something new; no one will have their beliefs unchallenged.
In summary, Landers:
- demonstrates the remarkable parallels between American history and the expansion of the Russian Empire
- demonstrates the importance of the rise of the Corporation in transforming the way America related to nations around it and the wider world
- depicts numerous new and challenging insights in American history
- explains how the dogmas of the early English settlers started the United States inexorably down the road to Iraq.
With very great pleasure, Picnic Publishing expects to submit 'Empires Apart' to the Gladstone History Book and Orwell Prizes for consideration.
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