Introduction: Looking beyond the logo map

Part I. The Colonial empire. The fall and rise of Daniel Boone

Indian Country

Everything you always wanted to know about Guano but were afraid to ask

Teddy Roosevelt's very good day

Empire state of mind

Shouting the battle cry of freedom

Outside the charmed circle

White city

Doctors without borders

Fortress America

Warfare state

There are times when men have to die

Part II. The pointillist empire. Kilroy was here

Decolonizing the United States

Nobody knows in America, Puerto Rico's in America

Synthetica

This is what God hath wrought

The empire of the red octagon

Language is a virus

Power is sovereignty, Mister Bond

Baselandia

The war of points

Conclusion: Enduring empire.