Empire’s Workshop
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Empire’s Workshop is a historical and political analysis book by Greg Grandin that examines how U.S. interventions in Latin America shaped the strategies and ideology of American imperial power worldwide.
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| Empire’s Workshop canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Empire’s Workshop Context triple: [Greg Grandin, notableWork, Empire’s Workshop]
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A.
The Empire Project
The Empire Project is a major historical study by John Darwin that analyzes the rise, structure, and decline of the British Empire in global context.
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B.
Dismantling the Empire
Dismantling the Empire is a political analysis book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. militarism and imperial overreach and warns of its consequences for American democracy.
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C.
Count of the Empire
Count of the Empire was a noble title in Napoleonic France granted by Emperor Napoleon I as part of his new imperial aristocracy.
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D.
Sorrows of Empire
Sorrows of Empire is a political analysis book that critiques U.S. militarism and imperial expansion as part of The American Empire Project series.
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E.
Imperial Earth
Imperial Earth is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores human colonization of the Solar System and the personal journey of a man from Titan visiting an overpopulated Earth.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Empire’s Workshop Target entity description: Empire’s Workshop is a historical and political analysis book by Greg Grandin that examines how U.S. interventions in Latin America shaped the strategies and ideology of American imperial power worldwide.
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A.
The Empire Project
The Empire Project is a major historical study by John Darwin that analyzes the rise, structure, and decline of the British Empire in global context.
-
B.
Dismantling the Empire
Dismantling the Empire is a political analysis book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. militarism and imperial overreach and warns of its consequences for American democracy.
-
C.
Count of the Empire
Count of the Empire was a noble title in Napoleonic France granted by Emperor Napoleon I as part of his new imperial aristocracy.
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D.
Sorrows of Empire
Sorrows of Empire is a political analysis book that critiques U.S. militarism and imperial expansion as part of The American Empire Project series.
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E.
Imperial Earth
Imperial Earth is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores human colonization of the Solar System and the personal journey of a man from Titan visiting an overpopulated Earth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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history book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ political analysis book ⓘ |
| arguesThat |
Latin America served as a laboratory for U.S. imperial practices
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techniques used in Latin America were later applied globally ⓘ |
| author | Greg Grandin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticizes |
American exceptionalism
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neoliberal economic policies ⓘ |
| examines |
Iraq War as an extension of earlier imperial practices
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Reagan administration policies in Central America ⓘ U.S. support for authoritarian regimes in Latin America ⓘ counterinsurgency strategies ⓘ human rights abuses linked to U.S. policy ⓘ relationship between U.S. conservatives and Latin American politics ⓘ rise of the New Right in the United States ⓘ role of think tanks and policy intellectuals ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
U.S. interventions in Latin America
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development of U.S. imperial strategies ⓘ ideology of American power ⓘ |
| genre |
history
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international relations ⓘ political science ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
critical of U.S. imperial power
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left-leaning ⓘ |
| hasSubtitle | Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readers interested in imperialism
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scholars of Latin American history ⓘ students of U.S. foreign policy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| nonFictionSubject |
Cold War
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Latin America ⓘ United States foreign policy ⓘ imperialism ⓘ neoconservatism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influencing debates on U.S. empire in the 21st century
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linking Latin American interventions to global U.S. strategy ⓘ |
| pageCount | ~300 ⓘ |
| placesInContext |
U.S. interventions in Chile
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U.S. interventions in El Salvador ⓘ U.S. interventions in Guatemala ⓘ U.S. interventions in Nicaragua ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| publisher | Metropolitan Books ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Cold War era ⓘ |
| setInRegion | Latin America ⓘ |
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