Julian Go is Associate Professor of Sociology at Boston University. He is the author of 'Patterns of Empire: the British and American Empires, 1688 to the Present' and 'American Empire and The Politics of Meaning: Elite Political Cultures in the Philippines and Puerto Rico'.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBritish and American empire: patterns of power
Despite its claims of 'exceptionalism', the US empire is following in the footsteps of Britain and other European...