US Imperialism by David Gilbert and David Loud
This pamphlet, a third printing of an essay by David Gilbert and David Loud, examines US relations with specific under-developed countries to understand the roots and dynamics of US foreign policy. Focusing on Guatemala, Cuba, DR, Iran, Ghana, Indonesia, India, and Chile, the authors argue that a close look at the basic thrust of US foreign policy shows that 1) US imperialism is a historic process, with expansionism and interventionism long preceding any "communist threat"; 2) US imperialism must be understood in terms of world economic division of labor between capitalist and underdeveloped nations; and 3) the central dynamic of this division of labor is the need for capitalist countries to find ever-expanding markets for its products; and more.