“A Monument to Disenchantment”
In his new book, historian Greg Grandin shows why an expanding American empire has required an increasingly militarized border. And why America’s founding frontier myth is finally coming to an end.
John Washington is a writer and translator. A regular contributor to The Nation and The Intercept, his first book, on the history of asylum and US asylum policy, is forthcoming from Verso Books in 2020. He is also a translator, having translated, most recently, A Massacre in Mexico, by Anabel Hernandez.
In his new book, historian Greg Grandin shows why an expanding American empire has required an increasingly militarized border. And why America’s founding frontier myth is finally coming to an end.
We need a world without borders, not more thugs patrolling them.