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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... Germany after the Berlin Wall came down . In both cases the troops preferred to stay on because the pleasures of life as a legionnaire in an imperial garrison far outstripped those of life back in the " homeland . " The troops and their ...
... German . In his scholarly dissection ( commissioned by the German Bundestag ) of what he calls " one of the 18 THE SORROWS OF EMPIRE.
... Germany , i.e. , the Communist Party ] leadership on this issue and under- mined the regime's authority in an unprecedented manner . " It is a commonplace in the teaching of international relations that empires do not give up their ...
... Germany , have not been involved in combat since World War II and are not really intended to contribute to war - fighting capabilities . They are the headquarters for our proconsuls , visible manifestations of our imperial reach ...
... Germany's surrender a few months later , Roosevelt and Stalin divided Europe into " Western " and Russian spheres of influence at the Elbe River and agreed on how to apportion the spoils in East Asia after the defeat of Japan . Over the ...
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