S4 E9: American Empire
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The Importance of Natural Resources in Empires
The world has about 30 or so overseas base sites, and the united states has about 800. Immervar: The importance of natural resources as a driving motivation for empire hasn't entirely changed since old school colonialism. In fact, part of japan's military strategy was just trying to get more rubber and get secure access to rubber.
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