American Insurgents: A Brief History of American
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Seymour, Richard, PUBLISHER: Haymarket Books, "Seymour's obsessively researched, impressive first book holds its place as the most authoritative historical analysis of its kind."--"Resurgence" All empires spin self-serving myths, and in the United States the most potent of these is that America is a force for democracy around the world. Yet there is a tradition of American anti-imperialism which gives the lie to this mythology. Richard Seymour examines this complex relationship from the Revolution to the present-day. Richard Seymouris a socialist writer and runs the blog Lenin's Tomb. He is the author of"The Liberal Defense of Murder." His articles have appeared in the"Guardian"and the"New Statesman."