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Cargando... Blowback, Second Edition: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire (American Empire Project) (2000 original; edición 2004)por Chalmers Johnson
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. An alternative argument about why we're so hated around the world. Hint- it has nothing to do with our "freedoms". Informative. ( ) Johnson focuses mainly on East Asia: Japan, Korea, and China primarily. There is a bit of discussion of Indonesia and even Guatemala and Brazil. This book was published in 2000 but written in 1999, so clearly it doesn't discuss recent events. But recent events certainly fit into the overall picture that Johnson is drawing. That the USA is something of a bully was not news to me. A lot of this book though goes into economics and the connection between economics and the projection of military power. We let e.g. Japan steal our basic industry in return for them letting us base troops there. Probably Johnson doesn't make it quite that simple, but also I think he doesn't dig very deep into why we do what we do. He does mention that this just the usual way for empires in decline, but doesn't really pursue that pattern very much. The focus is all on history, especially roughly 1989-1999: how after the Cold War ended, the USA kept up its military posture, with no real enemy in sight. There is a lot of information here. It's not just a lot of speculative bluster. Crucial information for our world today. Chalmers Johnson always spoke what he saw as the truth, without regard to the consequences. He has done so here, and in the books which followed it. This book should still, almost two decades after publication, be required reading for anyone who has or aspires to any role in the making and shaping of U.S. policy. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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The term "blowback," invented by the CIA, refers to the unintended consequences of American actions abroad. In this incisive and controversial book, Chalmers Johnson lays out in vivid detail the dangers faced by our overextended empire, which insists on projecting its military power to every corner of the earth and using American capital and markets to force global economic integration on its own terms. From a case of rape by U.S. servicemen in Okinawa to our role in Asia's financial crisis, from our early support for Saddam Hussein to our conduct in the Balkans, Johnson reveals the ways in which our misguided policies are planting the seeds of future disaster. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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