Category Archives: Chalmers Johnson

An Empire of Bases and Special Forces: Garrisoning the Globe

Posted on January 8, 2016 by understandingempire

In what follows, I explore the U.S. military’s global basing and Special Forces strategy. The article updates a lot of my own previous writing on the U.S. military’s “Baseworld” or “Droneworld,” and gives fresh statistics on the number of U.S. … Continue reading →

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Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire

Posted on August 9, 2013 by understandingempire

“There is a logic to empire that differs from the logic of a nation, and acts committed in service to an empire but never acknowledged as such have a tendency to haunt the future” (p.8). The first of an “unlikely” … Continue reading →

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Chalmers Johnson on Empire – and the space for thought

Posted on July 4, 2013 by understandingempire

This video comes from 2007 as part of Berkeley’s “Conversations with History” show. The inimitable Chalmers Johnson discusses his “Blowback” trilogy of books — “Blowback”, “Sorrows for Empire” and “Nemesis”. All of them revolve around U.S. foreign policy and militarism. … Continue reading →

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10 Steps to Liquidating Empire

Posted on August 8, 2011 by understandingempire

By Chalmers Johnson, over at TomDispatch. 1. We need to put a halt to the serious environmental damage done by our bases planet-wide. We also need to stop writing SOFAs that exempt us from any responsibility for cleaning up after … Continue reading →

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