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Blogs Liberty and Power Star Wars and the U.S. Empire

May 24, 2005

Star Wars and the U.S. Empire

by Liberty and Power

I have a new article on LRC about the regression of republics into empires, and how empires fall, relating Star Wars to the American experience. See also Scott Horton's piece on the subject at Antiwar.com.