How the US has hidden its empire

Remember, your essay should tell me how  you think the article and the book feel about national expansion (Do they think it is positive? negative? necessary? Unnecessary? etc). You need to use evidence from the articleI am providing a short guide, meant to help you organize your paper.1) Use complete sentences. 2) Your paper should be written in your [academic/professional] voice; it should NOT just be a bunch of answers to questions.  (I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH. IF YOU JUST WRITE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS YOU SEE BELOW, I WILL DEDUCT POINTS)3) You are writing this paper for an audience that has NOT studied American History. Someone who hasn’t taken this course should be able to understand your paper.4) PLEASE proofread your paper, OR let a text-to-speech program read it to you. PLEASE proofread.YOUR PAPER SHOULD BE ORGANIZED AS FOLLOWS:Paragraph I: IntroductionA. Title and Author of the articleB. When was the article written?C. General synopsis (1-2) SentencesParagraph II: Overview/Summary A: What issue, or set of issues, is the author attempting to address?B. How does the author set up his or her argument? In other words, is it placed in some kind of historical context explicitly, or is the historical context worked in throughout the work? C. What are the key points of the argument? In other words, how does the author move from one point to another, and what does he or she consider important?Paragraph III: Critique A. Is the author’s argument convincingthat is, do you come away from the article with new knowledge about a problem and its possible solution? B. Are there parts of the argument that seem to be missing? What parts do you disagree with? Why? Provide evidence to back up your position.
C. When comparing the points in the article to the information in the chapter, do the two sources of information support or contradict on another? Provide quotes from both sources to support your position.D. If the article and the book contradict one another, which source do you most agree with and why? If the article supports the information found in the chapter, tell me how. Give examples. Paragraph IV: ConclusionA. Restate the main points of this review.B. How has this assignment helped you better understand the concepts discussed in class?