Thus, in his widely read book, Pax Americana, first published in 1967 during the Vietnam War, Ronald Steel wrote of "the benevolent imperialism of Pax Americana" characterized by "empire-building for noble ends rather than for such
base motives as profit and influence." A chapter of Steel's book on foreign aid as an "element of imperialism" was entitled "The White Man's Burden," hearkening back to Rudyard Kipling's celebrated poem calling on the United States to exercise an imperialist role in the Philippines following the Spanish-American War of 1898.
The American Empire: Pax Americana or Pox Americana?
A court ruled Armin Meiwes,a 42 year -old computer expert who met his victim on the internet,had no ''
base motives'' -sparing him a possible murder conviction.
Smiling cannibal is cleared of murder
A court ruled that Armin Meiwes, a 42-year-old computer expert who met his victim on the internet, had no '
base motives' -sparing him a possible murder conviction.
Smiling cannibal cleared of murder in horror trial
A Kassel court ruled that Armin Meiwes, a 42-year-old computer expert who met his victim on the internet, had no "
base motives" in the crime, sparing him a murder conviction.
Eight years for cannibal
The Duke of Northumberland, speaking exclusively to The Journal, defends himself from misinformed London-based critics who have divined all sorts of
base motives in his decision to sell the Raphael masterpiece.
Sale will help our heritage
Because I view Harper's as unbalanced, however, I attribute to
base motives its choice of genocide literature from France instead of the similar stories that have been collected by many American writers and agencies, most notably the 807-page book Leave None to Tell the Story (1999), put out by the American organization Human Rights Watch and written by historian Alison Des Forges.
Homeland insecurity. (Letters)
KUGN will be widely suspected of
base motives, but for listeners, Carlin for Savage is the best trade of the week.
KUGN's routine decision