How to Hide an Empire

This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the History of the United States and how they established themselves as a world power during the 1900s. The bias of this book leans toward the revisionist side of history but balances toward actual historical fact instead of a Marxist view of history as seen in other works of American History (A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn).

The stories told throughout the book span from 1850 to post-World War II decolonization efforts and are backed by verifiable facts. Sometimes, our understanding of history needs revision due to skewed perspectives. Immerwahr does an outstanding job in conveying this throughout his telling of American Imperialism.