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They are but one in the thousand; it is in the thousand that command is lodged; they must determine what is right and what is wrong; they must decide who is a patriot and who isn't. Who are the thousand--that is to say, who are "the Country"? In a monarchy, the king and his family are the country; in a republic it is the common voice of the people.
Each of you, for himself, by himself and on his own responsibility, must speak. And it is a solemn and weighty responsibility, and not lightly to be flung aside at the bullying of pulpit, press, government, or the empty catch-phrases of politicians. She was rotten to the heart. What if foreign intervention undermines liberties at home?
The purpose of this book is to answer these questions by exploring how both preparation for intervention abroad and intervention itself affect domestic institutions in ways that threaten or reduce the freedoms of individuals living in the intervening country. Many believe that interventions overseas by the U. This book shows that this view is incomplete, if not entirely mistaken. When a society adopts the values of an aggressive empire, it runs the risk of adopting imperial characteristics at home.
Preparing for and engaging in foreign intervention provide a testing ground for intervening governments to experiment with new forms of social control over distant populations. The result is that the intervening government becomes more effective at controlling not only foreign populations but the domestic population as well. Under this scenario, the preparation and execution of foreign intervention changes domestic political institutions and the relationship between citizen and government.
Domestic freedom from interference and coercion by others erodes or is lost altogether as the state gains power over citizens. We do so for several reasons. In doing so, we offer a systematic study of the effects of foreign intervention on domestic freedoms in the United States. In addition, we are both U. As we will argue, foreign intervention has been a contributing factor in domestic militarization. The list of countries subject to U. Another indicator of the reach of the U.
For FY the DoD operated over bases in foreign countries with an additional 4, bases in the United States and its territories. In addition to its direct global military presence, the U. As this makes clear, the U. The U. The United States has been in a state of permanent war for decades, and the U. An exact number, however, is not important for our purposes.
What is important is that no matter how one cuts the data, the U. The historical prevalence of the U. It is more than a hegemon, as it seeks control over not only foreign but also aspects of domestic policy in other countries.
The militarism that characterizes U. The global military supremacy that the United States presently enjoys—and is bent on perpetuating—has become central to our national identity. That the United States is the dominant economic and military force in international affairs grants significant scope for U. It can afford more security than most states. But the United States has extended the boundaries of its political and military defense perimeter very far. Many scholars and writers argue that, given this power, the U.
If anything, it is argued, an interventionist foreign policy enhances domestic institutions by fostering global stability, peace, and freedom. For reasons we will discuss throughout this book, we are skeptical of this claim and believe that the proponents of Pax Americana neglect significant costs of foreign intervention that threaten the individual liberties which make America exceptional.
Given the prominence—both historical and current—of the U. The term foreign intervention is broad and has many different meanings. We use this term to refer to the use of the discretionary power held by government officials to achieve some desired end in another society.
First, the intervening government seeks to shape outcomes—political, economic, social, legal, and so on—to achieve an end different from what would have emerged absent the intervention. Second, the intervention is unwelcome by a portion of the target population. Third, to achieve its objectives the intervening government invests resources to deter and suppress resistance from foreign governments or populations.
Our notion of coercive foreign intervention is purposefully broad to incorporate a wide range of interventions in other societies. Under our definition intervention may be direct or indirect. Examples of the former would be traditional war and military occupation such as the U.
Examples of the latter would include the provision of various types of aid to key government and non-state persons so that the intervening government can indirectly influence affairs in another society. For example, the U. Our analysis applies both to preparations for coercive foreign intervention—actual or potential—and to the act of intervening itself. Throughout its history the U. At the same time the U.
In many instances these two aspects occur simultaneously as the government invests resources in preparing for future intervention while already engaged in intervention abroad. The key point is that both aspects—preparation and intervention—affect domestic political institutions and threaten the liberties of domestic citizens.
For our purposes the stated goal of a foreign intervention is irrelevant. Clemens was active in the Anti-Imperialist League and was pointedly critical of the imperialist policies of powerful nations, including the United States] We, free citizens of the Great Republic, feel an honest pride in her greatness, her strength, her just and gentle government, her] wide liberties, her unsmirched flag, her hands clean from oppression of the weak and of malicious conquest, her hospitable door that stands open to the hunted and the persecuted of all nations; we are proud of the judicious respect in which she is held by monarchies While that patriotism endures the Republic is safe, her greatness is secure, and against them the powers of the earth cannot prevail.
I pray you pause and consider. Against our traditions we are now entering upon an unjust and trivial war, a war against a helpless people, and for a base object -- robbery. At first our citizens spoke out against this thing, by an impulse natural to their framing. Today they have turned, and their voice is the other way. What caused the change?
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