I just read a fascinating book about great empires of the world.

The old french empire and the British empire of old.

But the greatest one is the American empire

Believe me this isn't a political comment of todays affairs it is all about american history.

Before I explain could someone who is lives in the USA to tell me the story of the Alamo?

Yah cause after study I realised that this was in fact a mexican state [Texas] way before. The US settlers were allowed in to stay in small numbers for trade and other business. Word of this great land reached generals and the populous and the US decided to take it. This was like slapping a bees nest though and the mexicans decided to kick some.

Very interesting story and also the US of A started off as a veeery small settlement. Much of what was owned by Britain and France and Spain at the time if the war of independance never was American territory in the first place much of it was bought of the different countries and quite a deal they got as well (it was about 2 cents every square foot I think for much of the east.)

Washington even said that the USA was an empire (his exact words were an empire of liberty) The USA even owned some off shore islands and a fair amount of south america problem was that no-one wanted to live there as the majority of citizens were immagrants and had spent much time trying to get away from these places so there were uprisings. One prime example this is the Philipenes.

After realisng this a new foreign policy arose one of not taking land per say but one taking the country in philosophy what is ironically called "Forced Liberty" which is one of cumpulsory freedom and regime change. This policy has served america well for the past century. Unfortunately no empire is going to exist without backlash and all eventually die out The French empire is dead the British empire disappeared all that is left are a few common wealth countries. I give the american empire another 100 years or so.

Isn't history interesting?

Oh yeah and don't take offence I don't think empires are bad.

So let me get this right? Are you saying that the American Empire is Texas? ???

Thanks for correcting there but are you sure it wasn't slightly more hostile than that?

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They took the technology with them. It's different from catching up. And as for surpassing the rest of the world, well, it's pretty much all British and German technology.

The factories were quickly built and the workforce came very quickly with immigration. And again, they didn't develop it. It was european developments that got taken over to America.

Basically, preWWII America didn't surpass many western nations technologically. And they only went ahead after WWII because they'd been given all the British inventions in the war, they'd got hold of a few german scientists and most importantly they could afford to throw the money about.