America the Invader

Review of Christopher Kelly and Stuart Laycock, America Invades: How We’ve Invaded or Been Militarily Involved with Almost Every Country on Earth (Book Publishers Network, 2014), xix + 396 pgs., hardcover.

The song “America the Beautiful” should be changed to “America the Invader.”

According to Christopher Kelly and Stuart Laycock, the United States “has invaded or fought in eighty-four out of 194 countries” and “has had some form of military involvement with a spectacular 191 out of 194.” Their findings are published in the appropriately titled America Invades: How We’ve Invaded or Been Militarily Involved with Almost Every Country on Earth.

Each country in the world is listed followed by a yes or a no under the headings of “invaded or fought in” and “military involvement.” This is followed by a glossary to help with terms like ANZUS and FNLA that are mentioned in the book. I was surprised to see that the book had an index, and a very detailed one at that. One other nice feature of the book is the many color photographs of war-related monuments, statues, ships, and planes between pages 172 and 173.

Page after page of the book shows the folly and evil of U.S. foreign policy. I had no idea that America had intervened militarily in Honduras so many times. It turns out that the only countries the United States hasn’t intervened in militarily, yet, are Andorra, Bhutan, and Liechtenstein. Don’t tell the Defense Department about the countries it missed. It might decide to make it unanimous.

The reason we have so many veterans we are supposed to thank for their service on Veterans Day is because we have had so many wars. America Invades: How We’ve Invaded or Been Militarily Involved with Almost Every Country on Earth is just what is needed to convince the skeptical, but honest, American that the United States is the greatest imperialist country in the history of the world. It is a tremendous resource that I highly recommend.

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