In 1905 President Teddy Roosevelt dispatched Secretary of War William Howard Taft on the largest U.S. diplomatic mission in history to Hawaii, Japan, the Philip

Examines the ways in which the frontier myth influences American culture and politics, drawing on fiction, western films, and political writing

A copy of the top-secret memo below recently came into our hands, and we thought we should bring it to your attention! "Dear National Security Elite: In an idea