How to Hide an Empire

In How to Hide an Empire (published in Arabic as كيف تخفي إمبراطورية), historian Daniel Immerwahr delivers a groundbreaking narrative history of the "Greater United States." Immerwahr challenges the conventional "logo map" view of America, revealing how the nation has constantly controlled extensive overseas territories and colonies—from Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam to tiny guano islands and global military bases. The book illustrates how these territories were crucial to America's economic growth, scientific innovations, and geopolitical dominance, while their populations were systematically disenfranchised and kept out of the national consciousness. Packed with vivid historical anecdotes and rigorous analysis, it reframes our understanding of American power and imperial identity.

Because it offers a fresh, eye-opening perspective on American history, exposing the forgotten territories and imperial practices that built global superpower status.

For students and readers of American history, political science, international relations, post-colonial studies, and anyone interested in geopolitical geography.