[lbo-talk] What Have We Learned, If Anything?

[C. G. Estabrook]

The United States themselves haven't been invaded by another state since 
1813 (when a man called Cockburn burned Washington).

BTW, I recommend Nicholson Baker's new book as (disturbing) bedside 
reading.  --CGE

John Thornton wrote:
>> ...
>> The US was not invaded. It did not lose vast numbers of
>> citizens, or huge swathes of territory, as a result of occupation or
>> dismemberment. 
> 
> 
> That depends upon ones perspective and how one defines the US doesn't it?
> 
> John Thornton