Nemesis
Subtitle: the last days of the American Republic
By: Chalmers Johnson
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The American empire project
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9780805079111
Subjects: United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-; United States -- Military policy; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Description: 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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-331) and index.
Table of contents: title: Militarism and the breakdown of Constitutional government; title: Comparative imperial pathologies: Rome, Britain, and America; title: Central Intelligence Agency: the president's private army; title: U.S. military bases in other people's countries; title: How American imperialism actually works: The SOFA in Japan; title: Space: the ultimate imperialist project; title: The crisis of the American republic.