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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... Army colonel ( retired ) , author of The Suicide of an Elite : American Internationalists and Vietnam " Engaging and provocative ... The Sorrows of Empire's warnings are serious , and its arguments should certainly be considered in the ...
... army's Green Berets . Today the CIA is just one of several secret commando units main- tained by our government . In the Afghan war of 2001 , the CIA's semimil- itary operatives worked so closely with army Special Operations troops ...
... army across the small stream called the Rubicon in northern Italy and plunged the country into civil war among the imperators , the gener- als of Rome's large armies . After the Battle of Actium in 31 BC , Octavian emerged as the most ...
... army in peacetime is the greatest of all mili- taristic institutions . " 12 Moreover , when a military is transformed into an institution of militarism , it naturally begins to displace all other institu- tions within a government ...
... army of self - designated " stra- tegic thinkers " working in modern patriotic monasteries called think tanks . It is the focus of interest groups both old and new - such as those concerned with the supply and price of oil and those who ...
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