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They could focus instead on small pockets of control. The United States, in other words, did not abandon empire after the Second World War. Rather, it reshuffled its imperial portfolio, divesting itself of large colonies and investing in military bases, tiny specks of semi-sovereignty strewn around the globe.
How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
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