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USA at 250: A legacy of war & conflict

USA at 250: A legacy of war & conflict

The Pat Kenny Show vor 2 Monaten

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As Americans celebrate the 4th of July and the many events
marking the 250th anniversary of creation of the United States,
the country's founding ideals of liberty, democracy, and freedom
are once again taking centre stage. But there's another story
running through America's history - one not of peace interrupted
by war, but of a nation shaped by almost continuous conflict.
David Vine, author of the United States of War, argues that war
has become deeply embedded not only in American foreign policy,
but in its politics, economy, and national identity. So, as the
US reflects on 250 years of independence, we ask whether the
culture of perpetual war has become one of the defining features
of the American experience. He joins Pat to discuss.