Cover of How to Hide an Empire

How to Hide an Empire

by Daniel Immerwahr

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Code Switch, NPR · April 18, 2026

Is the U.S. 'empire' beginning to show cracks?

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A historical account of American empire-building, arguing that the U.S. has engaged in colonization and imperial expansion for hundreds of years, but in more covert ways than other nations.

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