American imperialism
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American imperialism is a policy aimed at extending the political, economic, and cultural control of the United States government over areas beyond its boundaries. It can be accomplished in any number of ways: by military conquest, by treaty, by subsidization, by economic penetration through private companies followed by intervention when those interests are threatened, or by regime change.
The concept of expanding territorial control was popularized in the 19th century as the doctrine of Manifest Destiny and was realized through conquests such as the Mexican–American War of 1846.
See also
- Americanization
- American Century
- Criticism of the United States government
- Cultural imperialism
- Indian massacre
- Inverted totalitarianism
- Manifest destiny
- A People's History of American Empire – 2008 book by Howard Zinn, et al.
- Territories of the United States
- Superiority complex
- Washington Consensus
- Neocolonialism
- New Imperialism
- Anti-Americanism
- Anti-imperialism
- Soviet Empire
- Chinese imperialism
