Military or Market-Driven Empire Building: 1950-2008

Syndicated from Canadian Dimension on Sat, 2008-05-03

Special to CAnadian Dimension
May 1, 2008

Introduction
From the middle of the 19th century but especially after the Second World War, two models of empire building competed on a world scale: One predominantly based on military conquests, involving direct invasions, proxy invading armies and subsidized separatist military forces; and the other predominantly [...]