In this episode of Diplomatic Immunity, Kelly is joined by historian and journalist Stephen Kinzer to discuss his book The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire. They dig into the Spanish-American War, the fierce imperialist vs. anti-imperialist debate it sparked, and how those same arguments still echo through American foreign policy today.
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- Introducing Stephen Kinzer and The True Flag
- What Was the Spanish-American War?
- The Imperialist Case: Roosevelt and Lodge
- The Philippines and the Rise of Insurgency
- The Anti-Imperialist Senate Debate
- Mark Twain’s Anti-Imperialist Crusade
- William Jennings Bryan’s Complicated Role
- The Legacy of 1898 Today
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