02241nam a22002537a 4500 20211102111401.0 211102b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 0805070044 AL eng 23 355.02 JOHS Chalmers Johnson 9464 Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy and the End of the Republic New York Metropolitan Books 2004 viii,389 p. HB 24x16 cm. 25.00 $ 25.00 "Impressive . . . a powerful indictment of U.S. military and foreign policy." -Los Angeles Times Book Review, front page In the years after the Soviet Union imploded, the United States was described first as the globe's "lone superpower," then as a "reluctant sheriff," next as the "indispensable nation," and in the wake of 9/11, as a "New Rome." In this important national bestseller, Chalmers Johnson thoroughly explores the new militarism that is transforming America and compelling us to pick up the burden of empire. Recalling the classic warnings against militarism-from George Washington's Farewell Address to Dwight Eisenhower's denunciation of the military-industrial complex-Johnson uncovers its roots deep in our past. Turning to the present, he maps America's expanding empire of military bases and the vast web of services that support them. He offers a vivid look at the new caste of professional militarists who have infiltrated multiple branches of government, who classify as "secret" everything they do, and for whom the manipulation of the military budget is of vital interest. Among Johnson's provocative conclusions is that American militarism is already putting an end to the age of globalization and bankrupting the United States, even as it creates the conditions for a new century of virulent blowback. The Sorrows of Empire suggests that the former American republic has already crossed its Rubicon-with the Pentagon in the lead. https://antilogicalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/sorrows-empire.pdf Military Science 9465 Imperialisms 9466 Militarism 9467 Iraq Wars 9468 JOHNSON (Chalmers) 9469 ddc GF 220327 220327