Как спрятать империю: Колонии, аннексии и военные базы США

SShA vsegda gordilisʹ tem, chto i͡avli͡ai͡utsi͡a pobornikami suvereniteta i nezavisimosti. Amerika rasprostranila svoi͡u vali͡utu, i͡azyk i kulʹturu po vsemu miru, no my po-prezhnemu schitaem ee zamknutoĭ territorieĭ, okruzhennoĭ Kanadoĭ sverkhu, Meksikoĭ snizu i okeanami s obeikh storon. Ėto predstavlenie absoli͡utno neverno!"Kak spri͡atatʹ imperii͡u" rasskazyvaet istorii͡u SShA za predelami SShA - ot priobreteniĭ i zavoevaniĭ v XIX veke, takikh kak Ali͡aska, Gavaĭi, Filippiny i Puėrto-Riko, do razbrosannykh po vsemu zemnomu sharu ostrovov, arkhipelagov i voennykh baz, nad kotorymi razvevaetsi͡a zvezdno-polosatyĭ flag. Mnogie iz nikh nakhodi͡atsi͡a za tysi͡achi kilometrov ot materika. Prishla pora prolitʹ svet na mrachnye i krovavye ėpizody, o kotorykh amerikant͡sy predpochitai͡ut ne govoritʹ. Ėta zakhvatyvai͡ushchai͡a i ostroumno napisannai͡a kniga polnostʹi͡u meni͡aet privychnyĭ vzgli͡ad na kharakter i rolʹ Soedinennykh Shtatov v mirovoĭ istorii.

The United States has always been proud to be a champion of sovereignty and independence. America has spread its currency, language, and culture around the world, but we still consider it a closed territory surrounded by Canada above, Mexico below, and oceans on both sides. This idea is absolutely wrong!"How to Hide an Empire" tells the story of the United States outside the United States, from 19th—century acquisitions and conquests such as Alaska, Hawaii, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico, to scattered islands, archipelagos, and military bases flying the star-spangled flag. Many of them are thousands of kilometers away from the mainland. It's time to shed light on the dark and bloody episodes that Americans prefer not to talk about. This fascinating and wittily written book completely changes the usual view of the character and role of the United States in world history.