Chalmers johnson nemesis6/23/2023 While the talking heads and Republican establishment hemmed and hawed after 9/11 about how such a thing could possibly have happened to harmless lil ol’ us, Johnson argues that the answer was actually quite: it’s our policies, stupid. In his fire-breathing introduction, Johnson - a former Navy officer and CIA consultant who now heads up the nonprofit Japan Policy Research Institute, when he’s not writing anti-imperialist screeds - lays out the case for why America is in serious trouble. The book takes a tone that swings back and forth from nervous handwringing to strident denunciation. It’s a frightening collection of worrisome data, but as a policy argument, it’s far from persuasive. Now, with Nemesis, the final installment of this unintended trilogy warning, Johnson strings together a collection of his favorite rants to explain why the very days of America as a republic are probably numbered. In his previous sky-is-falling volumes The Sorrows of Empire and Blowback, Johnson laid out the case for why American military overreach and the unintended consequences of CIA black ops were undermining the country’s very stability. We, as Americans, are doomed, and Chalmers Johnson knows why.
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