On the "inexorable pressures of imperialism and militarism"

Chalmers Johnson, author of Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire, has turned his critical eye towards the impending war on Iraq. This essay is adapted from his forthcoming book, The Sorrows of Empire: How the Americans Lost Their Country (cheery title, eh?).

For a summary of Johnson's blowback argument, see this article from the 15 October 2001 issue of The Nation.