"Manifest Destiny and imperialism were traps into which the nation was led in 1846 and in 1899, and from which it extricated itself as well as it could afterward."
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Historians from the United StatesPeople from MilwaukeeHarvard University alumniHarvard University facultyUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
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Manifest Destiny and Mission in American History (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963) ch. 12, p. 261
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Frederick Merk
Frederick Merk (August 15, 1887 – September 24, 1977) was an American historian. He taught at Harvard University from 1924 to 1956.
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