Tuesday 26 September 2017 The Exit Strategy of Empire My latest article for the excellent Future of Freedom has appeared: The Exit Strategy of Empire Excerpt: "In his monograph Rise of Empire, the libertarian journalist Garet Garrett (1878–1954), lays out a blueprint for how Empire could possibly be reversed as well as the reason he believes reversal would not occur. Garrett was in a unique position to comment insightfully on the American empire because he’d had a front-row seat to events that cemented its status: World War II and the Cold War. America already had a history of conquest and occupation, of course, but, during the mid to late 20th century, the nation became a self-consciously and unapologetic empire with a self-granted mandate to spread its ideology around the world. Garrett identifies the first five components of Empire: Wendy McElroy - Tuesday 26 September 2017 - 02:36:29 - Permalink - Printer Friendly |