On this episode, as America’s foreign relations once again dominates headlines, we explore just how powerful the country really is, and whether we should be understanding it as more than just a single nation, asking… Is America An Empire?
Guests:
- Dr. Nicholas Grant, a historian of twentieth century United States and author of Winning Our Freedoms Together: African Americans and Apartheid, 1945-1960. His research focuses on race, internationalism and transnational activism.
- Dr. Sarah Nelson, an Assistant Professor at the Netherlands’ Universiteit Leiden, and a historian of US empire, global governance, and decolonization.