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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 Obama’s Afghanistan conundrum, including our inept spies, our bad behavior in other countries, our ill-fought wars, and our 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 the empire 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 an urgent prescription for a remedy.
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"chalmers never lets you down. this is mainly a collection of previously published essays and articles. some are updated for 2010. a beautifully written critique of american imperialism. "
— Chandler (5 out of 5 stars)
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“This timely book from accomplished historian Johnson (Blowback) collects previously published articles that make succinct, hard-hitting attacks on what the author perceives as America’s ruinous imperial follies. Johnson is especially critical of the US penchant for covert operations run by the CIA—‘the president’s private army’—and its enthrallment to what Eisenhower called the military-industrial complex…compellingly presented.”
— Publishers Weekly
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" Great read! I felt this book made some great connections and opened my eyes to the vast amounts of money that is not funneled to social services.... "
— Eva, 2/12/2011 -
" Author makes some valid points, although a bit strident and repetitious at times (for such a short book). "
— John, 10/22/2010
About Chalmers Johnson
Chalmers Johnson, president of the Japan Policy Research Institute, is the author of the bestselling books Blowback, The Sorrows of Empire, and Nemesis, which make up his Blowback Trilogy. He has written for the Los Angeles Times, the London Review of Books, Harper’s Magazine, Nation, and TomDispatch.com. He lives near San Diego, California.
About Tom Weiner
Tom Weiner, a dialogue director and voice artist best known for his roles in video games and television shows such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Transformers, is the winner of eight Earphones Awards and is an Audie Award finalist. He is a former member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.