Self Reflection Chapter 25

This was a very interesting chapter. Western expansion and European imperialism have been mentioned in books I've read or movies I've watched, and we touched on how imperialism affected China and Japan last year in US History, but until we covered this chapter I've never had a solid understanding of imperialism, and British involvement in Egypt and India. It's nice to finally have a good understanding of the period. It's also helpful in understanding why imperialism is such a dirty word today. When you hear criticisms of US intervention in foreign countries as being imperialistic, it automatically registers as undesirable, but you don't truly understand how awful it is for a nation to be imperialistic until you've learned about some of the ghastly motivations and effects of European imperialism.