The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the RepublicHenry Holt and Company, 1. apr. 2007 - 400 sider From the author of the prophetic national bestseller Blowback, a startling look at militarism, American style, and its consequences abroad and at home |
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... British , French , and Spanish colonialists , and neighboring Mexico . Much like their contemporaries in Australia , Algeria , and tsarist Russia , Americans devoted much energy to displacing the original inhab- itants of the North ...
... British Raj used for rest and recreation in the summer heat . The modern equiv- alents of Darjeeling , Kalimpong , and Srinagar are the armed forces ' ski and vacation center at Garmisch in the Bavarian Alps , its resort hotel in ...
... British Empires all enriched their homelands through colo- nial exploitation . Not so the empire of bases . Militarized and unilateral , it tends to subvert commerce and globalization because it weakens interna- tional law and the norms ...
... British Raj , with its military rituals , racism , rivalries , snobbery , and class structure . Once on their bases , America's modern proconsuls and their sous- warriors never have to mix with either " natives " or American civilians ...
... British commonly transported Irish and other rad- icals to prison colonies in North America and , after the American Revo- lution , Australia . Against this background , Abernethy naturally argues that the very concept of imperialism ...
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