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Manifest Imperialism: Race And American Imperial Aspirations In The Pacific, Bryan Richter
Manifest Imperialism: Race And American Imperial Aspirations In The Pacific, Bryan Richter
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The Pacific Ocean has long been held by the United States as an outlet to project power and to forge and international fiefdom for themselves. The historical precedence of military intervention in this portion of the globe can be traced back to the colonial conflicts in the Philippines at the turn of the 20th century. This conflict began a century of heavy American military involvement which saw the United States become entrenched in four major wars from the Philippines in the south to its northern most point in the Korea. However, in each of these wars there were more at …