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Craig is a married guy from Tibet, Tennessee, USA.
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recluse; born NYC, ex-international development (NGO) worker, vegan, musician, home-schooler, father of six, lover of wilderness and high places.
I use SU to record sites of current interest for my studies and ongoing education. I keep a blog, a website, and the Padma forum, as well as a newsblog on Current.org

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Walter Nugent | The American Habit of Empire, and the Cases of Polk and Bush | The Western Historical Quarterly, 38.1 | The History Cooperative
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"Americans' historic experience with western expansion habituated them to empire-building, underpinned by the axiom of exceptionalism and the goal of extending liberty. This essay compares two examples of empire-building involving war: Polk in Mexico and George W. Bush in Iraq."