TheSorrowsofEmpire_Militarism,Secrecy,an.epub

Praise for THE SORROWS OF EMPIRE “Chalmers Johnson is a legendary scholar....In this cri de coeur, he asks us to grasp, before it is too late, that America’s modern militarist empire threatens to destroy the democratic republic. His analysis is powerful and dreadfully persuasive.” —William Greider, author of The Soul of Capitalism: Opening Paths to a Moral Economy “When a nation falls into sinful ways, angry words and dire prognostications may be necessary to reawaken people to the truth. In Chalmers Johnson, the American empire has found its Jeremiah. He deserves to be heard.” —Andrew Bacevich, The Washington Post Book World “Since the mainstream media have abdicated their responsibility to be watchdogs of government and to serve the public, books like The Sorrows of Empire are essential if we are to defend ourselves against the military- industrial-Congressional complex.” —Janeane Garofalo “A fine guide to the way empire works ... Chalmers Johnson is particularly instructive on the institutions of American militarism, on the private military contractors who build and run the overseas bases and prisons, on the actual operat......