The American Empire

"The American Empire" by Scott Nearing is a book about how the United States grew into a major power. It looks at how America changed politically and what happened as it started taking control of other places. The book starts by talking about the ideas that America was founded on, like freedom and fairness, back in 1776. But, it shows how things didn't really turn out that way because some groups became more powerful than others, and Native Americans and others were treated unfairly. The author looks at how America went from being a country based on democracy to becoming an empire, and what that meant for things like freedom, inequality, and doing what's right, both at home and in other countries.