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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... claim on the nation's resources while being almost invariably inadequate for actually fighting a war . The great enclaves of bases , such as those in Okinawa or Germany , have not been involved in combat since World War II and are not ...
... claims to dominate the world , the less appealing the old " mutual security " schemes become for other rich but militarily impotent countries . A contraction of trade , capital transfers , and direct subsidies will undermine the U.S. ...
... claim cannot be verified but the nature of the strike itself - coming after the Yemeni government reportedly refused to act on information passed to it by the CIA - must give pause to other governments . Why could a Hellfire missile ...
... claim over a weaker one . " Colonialism , " Aber- nethy writes , " is the set of formal policies , informal ... claims made in an earlier period of empire building . " 19 Of course , European imperialism was indeed intimately linked to ...
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