Confronting Imperialism
Author | : Jim Zwick |
Publisher | : Infinity Pub |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2007 |
ISBN-10 | : 0741444100 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780741444103 |
Rating | : 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Confronting Imperialism is history for our times. Founded in 1898, the Anti-Imperialist League mobilized opposition to the Philippine-American War, still one of the most controversial wars in U.S. history. Until his death in 1910, Mark Twain was a vice president of the League and the most prominent literary opponent of the war. ¿We have got into a mess, a quagmire,¿ he said in 1900. In this collection of essays, Jim Zwick, editor of the first collection of Mark Twain¿s writings on the war, explores the history of the Anti-Imperialist League, Twain¿s anti-imperialist writings, and their continuing influence and relevance today.