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American Empire : Empire as Burden

  • Empire's Burden: Endless, Bloody Wars -- Out there on the dividing line between the empire's end and the dark and frightening lands where the barbarians live, there is no peace and there is no victory... Popular (Added: 14-May-2004 Hits: 1665 Rating: 5.50 Votes: 8) Rate It
  • Shouldering empire's burden -- America's role as guarantor of global stability raises the question of whether an empire can operate effectively under anti-imperial premises. Unmatched by peer competitors since the Cold War's end, the United States now faces a very different challenge from disorder along the periphery of the developed world... (Added: 14-May-2004 Hits: 335 Rating: 7.00 Votes: 1) Rate It
  • Sorrows of Empire -- (January 5, 2004) Chalmers Johnson condemns US imperialism and militarism, and denounces the Bush administration’s “unrelenting propaganda campaign of fear,” arguing it is designed to “implement a private agenda that it has kept hidden from the public at large.” Johnson makes dire predictions for the future of the US and its place in history. (Added: 13-May-2004 Hits: 613 Rating: 4.60 Votes: 5) Rate It
  • The Burden -- The operation in Iraq is a defining moment in America's long debate with itself about whether its overseas role as an empire threatens or strengthens its existence as a republic. The American electorate, while still supporting the president, wonders whether his proclamation of a war without end against terrorists and tyrants may only increase its vulnerability while endangering its liberties and its economic health at home... (Added: 14-May-2004 Hits: 301 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It
  • The Burden, A Response To -- Ignatieff's musings on "American empire" in "The Burden" add nothing to our actual understanding of the subject. Instead, he merely uses bold and arresting language to sell a very old policy. (Added: 14-May-2004 Hits: 228 Rating: 1.50 Votes: 2) Rate It


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