Imperialism, William Jennings Bryan
Imperialism, William Jennings Bryan
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Imperialism

Author: William Jennings Bryan

Narrator: George Keller

Unabridged: 1 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/17/2018


Synopsis

With this 1990 speech, American politician William Jennings Bryan presents a compelling argument against imperialism. He outlines how maintaining military force over other nations goes against core American values. The speech highlights specific issues that were current at the time, particularly US relations with Cuba and the Philippines. Though the speech is over 100 years old, its core points about American democracy ring true in contemporary foreign affairs.  

Reviews

Goodreads review by Fug o'

If you think Ultraimperialism exists, i feel bad for you son, Capitalism's got stages and imperialism's the highest one......more

Goodreads review by Kevin

Perpetual War Economy: The Highest Stage of Capitalism? Preamble: --2024 update: I'm currently reading 2 works that use rather different lenses to engage with Lenin's short text: a) Orthodox Marxist* Anthony Brewer's textbook Marxist Theories of Imperialism: A Critical Survey: describes Lenin's work......more

Goodreads review by J

Damn near prophetic. Imperialism reads like Vladimir Lenin’s attempt to write a sort of addendum, or update to Marx’s Das Kapital. To provide a materialist, statistically-derived examination of the ways capitalism changed between the time of Marx, up to the first world war. That sounds like a dry theo......more

Goodreads review by Dina

Why isn't this book present in high school curriculums? It clearly explains what the present system is, and how its going to end up. Self-destruction, wars and depletion of natural resources. And for what so a few parasites can derive imaginary wealth? Indeed - human being claims to have bigger brai......more