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# Thursday
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/25391/
- Published: 2012-09-06T06:02:17.000Z
- Updated: 2012-09-06T06:02:17.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Miscellaneous, #wpChunk

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Imperialists on the Left

I haven't read much by the revisionist left-wing historian Eric Foner, but I'm led to believe he's an honest academic, so I was interested to see this interview with him: [the Evolution of Liberalism](http://m.thebrowser.com/interviews/eric-foner-on-evolution-liberalism?ref=thedailyeudemon.com). In the interview, he recommends five books on the topic, including a work by revisionist William Appleman Williams (a historian I've been meaning to read). Foner also points out something that every intellectually-honest person on the left realizes but none on the political left admit (emphasis added):

> Stretching back to Woodrow Wilson, people who believe in a strong state have been tempted by the idea of spreading the American way throughout the world. It's not enough for the government to improve American society; they want to remake the world in our image. Liberals generally embrace this Wilsonian vision. Indeed, Obama is a good Wilsonian. Williams's book remains important because it shows that foreign interventionism and free trade is deeply embedded in liberal history. Williams critiques American foreign policy as a foreign policy of good intentions. Liberals want to improve the world beyond our borders and broaden the rights of people overseas. **The imperial temptation is something that liberals succumb to as much as conservatives**.