“America Does Bad Things for Good Reasons” – Christian Appy on RAI (1/5)
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“America Does Bad Things for Good Reasons” – Christian Appy on RAI (1/5)

This interview was originally published on May 26, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Appy, author of “American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity”, discusses growing up with a broad faith that America is always an indispensable and invincible force for good in the world – and the seeds of his disillusionment with Americanism.

“American Does Bad Things for Good Reasons” – Christian Appy on RAI (2/5)
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“American Does Bad Things for Good Reasons” – Christian Appy on RAI (2/5)

This interview was originally published May 17, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Appy, author of “American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity”, discusses how before direct American military involvement in Vietnam, the US financed almost 80 percent of the cost, so, in effect, France was serving almost as an American mercenary.

Does American Might Prevent Global Chaos – Peter Kuznick on Reality Asserts Itself (pt 3/3)
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Does American Might Prevent Global Chaos – Peter Kuznick on Reality Asserts Itself (pt 3/3)

This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on October 20, 2013. In the final episode of this series of Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay, historian Peter Kuznick analyzes the core idea of American exceptionalism, that US military power creates world order.

American Exceptionalism and US Imperialism – Peter Kuznick on Reality Asserts Itself (pt 1/3)
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American Exceptionalism and US Imperialism – Peter Kuznick on Reality Asserts Itself (pt 1/3)

This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on October 15, 2013. On Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay, Prof. Peter Kuznick, historian and co-author with Oliver Stone of the Untold History of The United States, looks at the ideas that justify American conquest and empire.