Imperial America
Reflections on the United States of Amnesia
by Gore Vidal
181 pages· 2004· ISBN 9781902636566
About
Following the publication of Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace and Dreaming War, Gore Vidal was described as the last "noble defender" of the American republic. Now, in the long-awaited conclusion to his bestselling trilogy, Vidal presents his most devastating exploration of Imperial America to date. "Not since the 1846 attack on Mexico in order to seize California", writes Vidal, "has an American government been so nakedly predatory." Imperial America is both a strong indictment of the United States' imperialism and a statement of devotion to its true ideals. To allegations of unpatriotic tendencies Vidal responds by pointing to his literary legacy: "Of course I like my country", he says, "after all, I'm its current biographer!"
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