Against the beast: a documentary history of American opposition to empire

We fought not for conquest: founding principles

Traitors to our principles and our fame: the Indian removal debates and the trail of tears

Rome thought as you now think: challenging the annexation of Texas and the theft of Mexican lands

Now, let us annex the islands: Queen Lili'uokalani, Mr. Dole, and the taking of Hawaii

Imperialism is a state of mind: Spain, Cuba, and the betrayal of the declaration of independence

America is not threatened: a century of misdeeds in Latin America and the Caribbean

We are about to do the bidding of wealth's terrible mandate: World War I, the league to perpetuate war, and the dream of a great force, disentangled

Come home America: Korea, Vietnam, and a return to the war-bred tyranny of kings

And in the process, they made America a lesser and a less respected land: arguing against preemptive war, guarding against blowback, and imagining the republic restored..