Portraits of empire
Subtitle: unmasking imperial illusions from the "American century" to the "War on terror"
By: Michael K. Smith
Edition: Revised ed
Publisher: Common Courage Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Monroe, ME
Language: eng
Number of pages: 391
Subjects: United States -- History -- 1945-
Description: "A dramatic re-enactment of historical episodes presented as a -mosaic of snapshots. The focus is institutionalized injustice and -rebellions against it. Five essays are interspersed with the vignettes. Vivid, full of revealing quotes from political elites and dissidents."--Jacket.
Notes: "Previously published as the greatest story never told : a people's history of the American empire 1945-1999"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-373) and index