Daniel Immerwahr

Were Pirates Foes of the Modern Order—or Its Secret Sharers?

Daniel Immerwahr surveys the old myths and the new scholarship about the uses of piracy amid the rise of slavery, colonialism, and empire building.

How the US Has Hidden its Empire

The long read: The United States likes to think of itself as a republic, but it holds territories all over the world – the map you always see doesn’t tell the whole story