Dismantling the Empire: America's Last Best Hope by Chalmers Johnson (English) P

Description: Dismantling the Empire: America's Last Best Hope by Chalmers Johnson Explores the subjects ranging from the origins of blowback to Barack Obamas Afghanistan conundrum, including our inept spies, bad behaviour in other countries, ill-fought wars, and capitulation to a military that has taken control of the federal budget. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In his prophetic book "Blowback", published before 9/11, Chalmers Johnson warned that our secret operations in Iraq and elsewhere around the globe would exact a price at home. Now, in a brilliant series of essays written over the last three years, Johnson measures that price and the resulting dangers America faces. Our reliance on Pentagon economics, a global empire of bases, and war without end is, he declares, nothing short of a suicide option. "Dismantling the Empire" explores the subjects for which Johnson is now famous, from the origins of blowback to Barack Obamas Afghanistan conundrum, including our inept spies, bad behaviour in other countries, ill-fought wars, and capitulation to a military that has taken ever more control of the federal budget. There is, he proposes, only one-way out: President Obama must begin to dismantle Americas empire of bases before the Pentagon dismantles the American dream. If we do not learn from the fates of past empires, he suggests, our decline and fall are foreordained. This is Johnson at his best: delivering both a warning and a crucial prescription for a remedy. Author Biography Chalmers Johnson, president of the Japan Policy Research Institute, is the author of the bestselling "Blowback "and "The Sorrows of Empire," A contributor to the "Los Angeles Times," the "London"" Review of Books," "Harpers," and "The Nation," among others, he appears in the 2005 prizewinning documentary film "Why We Fight," He lives near San Diego. Table of Contents Introduction: The Suicide Option 1 Part I: What We Did 1. Blowback World 11 2. Empire v. Democracy 29 3. The Smash of Civilizations 40 4. Peddling Democracy 52 Part II: Spies, Rogues, and Mercenaries 5. Agency of Rogues 67 6. An Imperialist Comedy 84 7. Warning: Mercenaries at Work 93 Part III: Baseworld 8. Americas Empire of Bases 109 9. Americas Unwelcome Advances 120 10. Baseless Expenditures 129 Part IV: The Pentagon Takes Us Down 11. Going Bankrupt 135 12. The Military-Industrial Man 148 13. We Have the Money (If Only We Didnt Waste It on the Defense Budget) 158 14. Economic Death Spiral at the Pentagon 163 Part V: How to End It 15. Dismantling the Empire 183 Note on Sources 197 Acknowledgments 198 Index 199 Review "Stimulating and prescient. . ."--"Times Literary Supplement" "Succinct, hard-hitting attacks on what the author perceives as Americas ruinous imperial follies..."--"Publishers Weekly", starred review "Concise, clear, hard-hitting. . . "Dismantling the Empire "is a must read for anyone looking for meaningful information concerning the future of the American Empire."--"Foreign Policy Journal" Praise for Chalmers Johnson"Johnson wants the scales to fall from American eyes so that the nation can see the truth about its role in the world. His is a patriots passion: his motive is to save the American republic he loves."--Jonathan Freedland, "The New York Review of Books" "The role of the prophet is an honorable one. In Chalmers Johnson the American empire has found its Jeremiah. He deserves to be heard."Andrew J. Bacevich, "The Washington Post Book World" "Chalmers Johnsons important new book is something with which everyone who aspires to a worthwhile opinion about this countrys future must contend.""The Los Angeles Times" (on "Nemesis") "Trenchantly argued, comprehensively documented, grimly eloquent. . . Worthy of the republic it seeks to defend.""The Boston Globe" (on "The Sorrows of Empire") "Stunning and shocking. . . "Blowback" is a wake-up call for America."--John Dower, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Embracing Defeat" Review Quote Trenchantly argued, comprehensively documented, grimly eloquent. . . Worthy of the republic it seeks to defend. Excerpt from Book INTRODUCTION THE SUICIDE OPTION During the last years of the Clinton administration I was in my mid-sixties, retired from teaching Asian international relations at the University of California and deeply bored by my specialty, Japanese politics. It seemed that Japan would continue forever as a docile satellite of the United States, a safe place to park tens of thousands of American troops, as well as ships and aircraft , all ready to assert American hegemony over the entire Pacific region. I was then in the process of rethinking my research and determining where I should go next. At the time, one aspect of the Clinton administration especially worried me. In the aftermath of the breakup and disappearance of the Soviet Union, U.S. officials seemed unbearably complacent about Americas global ascendancy. They were visibly bathed in a glow of post&sb" Details ISBN0805094237 Author Chalmers Johnson Publisher Metropolitan Books Series American Empire Project Language English ISBN-10 0805094237 ISBN-13 9780805094237 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2011 Short Title DISMANTLING THE EMPIRE Pages 212 DEWEY 320 Residence CA, US Imprint Metropolitan Books Subtitle Americas Last Best Hope Place of Publication New York, NY Country of Publication United States Publication Date 2011-03-31 Illustrations black & white illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:100562089;

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