Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic (American Empire Project)
 

Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic [American Empire Project] (American Empire Project)

by Chalmers Johnson

The long-awaited final volume of Chalmers Johnson’s bestselling
Blowback trilogy confronts the overreaching of the American empire and the threat it poses to the republic


In his prophetic book 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... (read more)

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I've often pondered on the fact that every single empire that has risen on this earth has eventually fallen. And I am perplexed when I see Americans strolling around with the belief that "America has always been powerful. America will always be powerful." Watch out, America: History's coming! I enjoyed how ath author spelled it out clearly. You either centralize your empire through, for example, dictatorship or you release hold on portions of your empire. But you can't have a...

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