territories-not just Pearl Harbor in Hawai‘i, but Guam, the Philippines, and Wake Island, too. World War II started with fighting in the U.S. But what my book shows is that not only have millions of people lived in them (as millions do today), but that they’ve been on the front lines of history. It’s easy, from Chicago or Dallas, to overlook these parts. Roberto Sirvent: How can your book help BAR readers understand the current political and social climate?ĭaniel Immerwahr: My book is about the parts of the United States beyond its mainland: territories, occupied zones, and military bases. His book is How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States. Immerwahr is an Associate Professor of History at Northwestern University. This week’s featured author is Daniel Immerwahr. In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book.
“ Colonized people, those living under occupations, and those living in the shadow of military bases are often uncounted.” The United States is not a union, it’s not exclusively of states, and for most of US history it hasn’t been limited to the Americas.
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