Daniel Immerwahr is an associate professor of history at Northwestern University and the author of a previous book "Thinking Small: The United States And The Lure Of Community Development." His new book is "How To Hide An Empire: A History Of The Greater United States." territorial expansion, including - and I'm not kidding - the need for massive quantities of bird poop in the 19th century. Immerwahr's new book is a colorful look at the history of and forces behind U.S. Today, roughly 4 million people live in the American territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa and the Northern Marianas. Our guest, historian Daniel Immerwahr, says there are also plenty of times in our history when we've subjugated and ruled foreign lands - sometimes with bloody conquests. American presidents like to describe the United States as a force for freedom and independence in the world.
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