WW2 seems to be the turning point. Prior to 1900 we were fixated on subjugating the Indians, building an industrial base and fighting the Civil War and everything that led up to it. Of course we had the Monroe Doctrine (which luckily we never had to enforce against a capable military power) to keep Europe out of the Americas and we did some minor damage starting around 1890. Usually interventions in Latin America were in support of business interests....which is still effectively what we do now.
I highly recommend Oliver Stones' "Untold History of the United States." It starts with WW2 and that is a weakness of the series but from that point on it gives a different view of history than the whitewashed version we cling to.
I highly recommend Oliver Stones' "Untold History of the United States." It starts with WW2 and that is a weakness of the series but from that point on it gives a different view of history than the whitewashed version we cling to.
