I am super-excited to announce that the first lecture of Rise of the American Empire, the first Dangerous History Lyceum course, is now available! This podcast episode is centered on a segment from the first lecture in that course (slightly over half of the lecture, to be precise), so that DHP listeners will get a little preview of what is going to be covered in it, and (hopefully) will decide to support the show at $15 per month (or higher) in order to get access to the course as I create it. This course will cover the growth of the United States in size & power, from Independence through the War on Terror through the analytical lens of imperial history. Want to have access to the entirety of this, and any & all future DHL lectures & courses? Sign up to support the DHP at Patreon or Subscribestar at the Scholar Warrior level for $15 per month (or higher), or up your pledge to that level if you're already supporting at a lower level. CJ’s Picks: Amazon Affiliate Links America's War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History by Andrew Bacevich Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War (American Empire Project) by Andrew Bacevich The Violent American Century: War and Terror Since World War II (Dispatch Books) by John Dower Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire by Niall Ferguson Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire (American Empire Project) by Chalmers Johnson Dangerous Nation: America's Foreign Policy from Its Earliest Days to the Dawn of the Twentieth Century by Robert Kagan The Forging of the American Empire: From the Revolution to Vietnam by Sidney Lens Policing America's Empire: The United States, the Philippines, and the Rise of the Surveillance State (New Perspectives in SE Asian Studies) by Alfred McCoy Habits of Empire: A History of American Expansionism by Walter Nugent The Contours of American History by William Appleman Williams The Tragedy of American Diplomacy  by William Appleman Williams Empire As A Way of Life by William Appleman Williams Empire: A Very Short Introduction by Stephen Howe Empires in World History: Power and the Politics of Difference by Burbank & Cooper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices