Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 13:21:21 -0500 From: jeff sommers <jsommers at lynx.dac.neu.edu> Organization: World HIstory Center X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.07 (Macintosh; I; PPC) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com Subject: Re: lbo-talk-digest V1 #988 References: <199902151245.HAA15464 at dont.panix.com>
What's helpful about the Smedley Butler remarks is it reveals the lie that US interventions, especially during the Cold War, were caused by concern of Soviet expansionism. US imperialism is a continuing thread running long before the existence of the Soviet Union, and one which continues after its demise.
For a thorough exploration of US policy towards one particular case, Cuba, and how a policy of US control stretches back all the way to the Monroe Doctrine, see Loius Perez's much acclaimed recently published book The War of 1898: the United States & Cuba in HIsotry & Historiography.
Sincerely,
Jeffrey Sommers