National Interest and Military Power

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We sacrifice lives and taxpayer dollars with the promise of safety, but we simply aren't safer. There's just simply no way to argue that the world is less dangerous n in the 19 years since the september eleventh attacks. After all our wars, they're more terrorist groups and more terrorist attacks than there were before that. i think that raises another thing that should be talked about in the context of national interest and military power, which is jobs.

“America” and “empire.” Do those words go together? If so, what kind of imperialism does the U.S. practice, and how has American empire changed over time?

By host and producer John Biewen, with series collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika. Interviews with Nikhil Singh and Daniel Immerwahr.

The series editor is Loretta Williams. Music by Algiers, John Erik Kaada, Eric Neveux, and
Lucas Biewen. Music consulting and production help from Joe Augustine of Narrative Music.