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Reviewed by C.R. Hurst for Readers' Favorite
President Trump’s recent forays into American expansionism with his talk about making Canada and Greenland part of the United States are nothing new. In truth, according to America, But Bigger: Near Annexations From Greenland To Galapagos by Mark Kawar, America has quite a history of annexations, pursuing the incorporation of territories by formal (and sometimes informal) means. Overconfident presidents and other policymakers often choose these territories for their strategic advantages, leaving the citizens of these countries with little to say about the annexations. No doubt that explains why isolated countries (like Greenland and island nations like the Galapagos) with low populations are popular choices for acquisition. However, like most ill-conceived policies, most annexations are failures. As the old saying goes, “If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.”
Well-researched and argued, America, But Bigger offers a plethora of examples to illustrate how America’s dream of a manifest destiny can lead to some dangerous overreaching. With his dry wit and skeptical eye, author Mark Kawar explains why these land grabs failed. Some of the most excessive examples include when individual Americans attempt to grab land with little (or any) formal authorization to do so. For instance, William Walker attempted to take Baja California, Sonora, and Nicaragua, all of which failed. When he returned to Central America, he was executed by the Honduran government. Another example is George Washington De Long, who led an Arctic expedition claiming three islands under Russian control for the U.S. while searching for a way to the North Pole. Twenty men in the expedition died, including De Long. Such examples, and many others in America, But Bigger, clearly warn that "those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
