For anyone interested I have a blog that is tied to my PhD research discussing the American Empire. Not every post will deal with the US Empire, but a good many will.
For most Americans that is true, even though for most of US history the nation and people conceived of themselves as an empire. It has really been since the end of the Second World War that Americans have been in denial about this basic fact.
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Wow, very interesting! I've never heard the US referred to as an empire.
cool...