imperialist

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I mperialist by:Arabella Mayrer


 * > Name: || Arabella Mayrer ||
 * > Word: || imperialist ||
 * > Source: || //The Savage Wars of Peace//, Max Boot, "Preface", xv ||
 * > Appropriate Definition: || imperialist: a person that favors the society of imperialism: the policy, practice, or advocacy of extending the power and domination of a nation especially by direct territorial acquisitions. ||
 * > Definition URL: || [] ||
 * > Context Sentences: || ""Fighting Fred" Funston, an army officer who helped end the Philippine War by leading a daring commando raid to capture the leader of the //insurrectos//. And Smeldley Butler, American's foremost colonial soldier in the early years of the twentieth century, who, on retiring from the Marine Corps, turned into a leading anti-**imperialist** and pacifist. What lessons might these small wars of the past teach us about small wars in the future?" ||

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