About this episode

The episode discusses how the US emerged as a colonial power after the Spanish-American War and its decision to define a new world order in the early 20th century.

At the start of the 20th century after victory in the Spanish-American War, the US found itself as a colonial power. How did it decide NOT to follow down the same road as the imperial powers of Europe afterwards? Today Professor Christopher Nichols of the Ohio State University talks to Don Wildman about how the US defined a new world order at the start of the 20th century. Edited by Tim Arstall, produced by Freddy Chick. Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe .   All music from Epidemic Sounds. American History Hit is a History Hit podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Don Wildman

Guest: Professor Christopher Nichols

Topics covered

• American history
• 20th century
• colonial power
• world order
• imperialism
• Spanish-American War

Keywords

• America
• superpower
• colonialism
• imperial powers
• 20th century history
• Spanish-American War
• world order

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ohio State University, History Hit, Epidemic Sounds

Places: United States

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