Inside the American Empire with Robert Kaplan
The war on terror is taking place in countries far from Afghanistan and Iraq and outside of the coverage of most reporters. Author and Atlantic Monthly correspondent Robert Kaplan says the U.S. military is fighting the war on terror in hundreds of small-scale conflicts around the globe. This film follows Kaplan as he visits American armed forces involved in three small-scale, low-intensity conflicts that have received little coverage. By taking the viewer inside this new American empire, in which troops act as diplomats and peacekeepers as well as warriors, Kaplan shows how U.S. troops are helping local governments restrain the growth of local terror organizations in Africa, Latin America, and Asia.