This is not entirely accurate. The common feature with all empires is colonization... for loot, dominance, territory, etc...actually for any number of reasons.
The US never had the kind of expansive ‘empire’ like the author suggests (Rome, Britain, etc.)
The wording and logic seem careless in this read.
“This is not entirely accurate. The common feature with all empires is colonization... for loot, dominance, territory, etc...actually for any number of reasons.
The US never had the kind of expansive ‘empire’ like the author suggests (Rome, Britain, etc.)”
Really? Then what was the point of “manifest destiny”?