re: Imperialist Plot
The book was called "How to Read Donald Duck," and I read it a long time ago. I came to the conclusion then that the author was stark, raving nuts, on the level of those people who see "messages" in random sidewalk cracks or the word "sex" in pictures of ice cubes.
BTW, if you have not read Carl Barks' original series of Duck comics, you are really missing some good stuff. I bought the Gladstone editions when they came out, and was glad I did. They are well-worn, and gave me and my kids a lot of good reading.