Comments on: Democracy and Empire http://clubtroppo.com.au/2007/02/08/democracy-and-empire/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:12:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Cam http://clubtroppo.com.au/2007/02/08/democracy-and-empire/#comment-92221 Cam Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:33:34 +0000 http://www.clubtroppo.com.au/2007/02/08/democracy-and-empire/#comment-92221 Mark, I get the feeling that this book would be a punchy 20,000 word essay. As a book it is too long and kind of loses it in the middle and end. I know he is documenting the private and out of sight executive armies, such as the CIA. But even so. <a href="http://www.southsearepublic.org/story/2004/12/13/22107/701" rel="nofollow">Siento reviewed Blowback</a> a while ago, and I did several years ago at k5 too. I thought the best insight in that book was how the Japanese economy, US Department of State and Pentagon all entwined such that they were all trapped into a policy with no way out. Mark, I get the feeling that this book would be a punchy 20,000 word essay. As a book it is too long and kind of loses it in the middle and end. I know he is documenting the private and out of sight executive armies, such as the CIA. But even so.

Siento reviewed Blowback a while ago, and I did several years ago at k5 too. I thought the best insight in that book was how the Japanese economy, US Department of State and Pentagon all entwined such that they were all trapped into a policy with no way out.

]]> By: Mark Bahnisch http://clubtroppo.com.au/2007/02/08/democracy-and-empire/#comment-92217 Mark Bahnisch Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:19:52 +0000 http://www.clubtroppo.com.au/2007/02/08/democracy-and-empire/#comment-92217 Nice and thoughtful post, Cam. I've read Johnson's Sorrows of Empire and found it excellent. There are a lot of potboilers written on topics like this but he's a good scholar and has some interesting things to say backed up with evidence. Nice and thoughtful post, Cam.

I’ve read Johnson’s Sorrows of Empire and found it excellent. There are a lot of potboilers written on topics like this but he’s a good scholar and has some interesting things to say backed up with evidence.

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