Are you saying the south didn’t want to preserve slavery? You’ll note your definition of imperialism doesn’t include anything about right or wrong, just one nation imposing it’s will on another. This is what people mean when they describe liberal politics as vibe based - it fits the definition exactly, but you don’t feel it’s imperialist because it was the morally right thing to do.
While America wasn’t the imperialist power in the world wars, they were thoroughly imperialist wars, by either definition, between European countries.
According to one side. I don’t think there would had been a war if they weren’t actually split. One side declared itself separate, and the other militarily brought them back under their political control. It fits your definition.
Are you saying the south didn’t want to preserve slavery? You’ll note your definition of imperialism doesn’t include anything about right or wrong, just one nation imposing it’s will on another. This is what people mean when they describe liberal politics as vibe based - it fits the definition exactly, but you don’t feel it’s imperialist because it was the morally right thing to do.
While America wasn’t the imperialist power in the world wars, they were thoroughly imperialist wars, by either definition, between European countries.
It was a war of secession, they were part of the same nation…
According to one side. I don’t think there would had been a war if they weren’t actually split. One side declared itself separate, and the other militarily brought them back under their political control. It fits your definition.