Nemesis : the last days of the American Republic / Chalmers Johnson.
2006
E840 .J633 2006 (Mapit)
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Title
Nemesis : the last days of the American Republic / Chalmers Johnson.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
0805079114
9780805079111
9780805079111
Imprint
New York : Metropolitan Books, 2006.
Language
English
Description
354 p. ; 25 cm.
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E840 .J633 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.931
Summary
In Blowback, Chalmers Johnson linked the CIA's clandestine activities abroad to disaster at home. In The Sorrows of Empire, he explored the ways in which the growth of American militarism has jeopardized our stability. Now, in Nemesis, he shows how imperial overstretch is undermining the republic itself, both economically and politically. Delving into new areas--from plans to militarize outer space to Constitution-breaking presidential activities at home and the corruption of a toothless Congress--Nemesis offers a description of the trap into which the dreams of America's leaders have taken us. Drawing comparisons to empires past, Johnson explores just what the unintended consequences of our dependence on a permanent war economy are likely to be. What does it mean when the globe's sole "hyperpower," no longer capable of paying for the ambitions of its leaders, becomes the greatest hyper-debtor of all times?--From publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-331) and index.
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The American empire project
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Table of Contents
Militarism and the breakdown of Constitutional government
Comparative imperial pathologies: Rome, Britain, and America
Central Intelligence Agency: the president's private army
U.S. military bases in other people's countries
How American imperialism actually works: The SOFA in Japan
Space: the ultimate imperialist project
The crisis of the American republic.
Comparative imperial pathologies: Rome, Britain, and America
Central Intelligence Agency: the president's private army
U.S. military bases in other people's countries
How American imperialism actually works: The SOFA in Japan
Space: the ultimate imperialist project
The crisis of the American republic.