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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... never wanted - paid for in casualties , with civil liberties the first victim . " -Patrick Lloyd Hatcher , U.S. Army colonel ( retired ) , author of The Suicide of an Elite : American Internationalists and Vietnam " Engaging and ...
... never gained sufficient traction to reverse a Cold War - driven transfer of power from the representatives of the people to the Pentagon and the various intelli- gence agencies , especially the Central Intelligence Agency . By the time ...
... never got into power in any major coun- try . Today , alas , they appear to be in power in the United States . " 2 He was referring specifically to the first Bush administration's secretary of defense , Dick Cheney - now , of course ...
... never see . In light of these experiences , in the late 1990s I devoted myself to writ- ing a book about American foreign policy , which I entitled Blowback , using the CIA's term for the unanticipated consequences of unacknowl- edged ...
... never - completed , never - deployable , largely space - based defense against intercontinental ballistic missiles - set off a competition with the USSR over defense spending that ultimately caused the latter's downfall . The ...
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