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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... allies , or any constraints on its use of military force . The American people were still largely in the dark about why they had been attacked or why their State Department began warning them against tourism in an ever- Prologue : The ...
... ally the Romans were overwhelmed by the world of enemies they had created . To the very end Roman armies pretended to speak for " the sen- ate and the Roman people " and paraded under banners emblazoned with the Latin initials SPQR ...
... allied nations in the face of potential Soviet or Communist aggression . Without a superpower enemy , the first hints of the openly - proudly - imperial role it would take on in the new century emerged , as the Pentagon , rather than ...
... allies during World War II . The Cold War , and particularly the standoff in Central Europe , had conveniently defined the purpose of the approximately 1,700 U.S. military installations in about one hundred countries that existed during ...
... for visiting the host foreign office to apologize for the behav- ior of our troops . Even in closely allied countries where English is spoken , local residents get very tired of sexual assaults and drunken 36 THE SORROWS OF EMPIRE.
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