Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Johnson, Chalmers.

Nemesis: the last days of the American Republic / Chalmers Johnson. p. cm.

Includes index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-8728-4

ISBN-10: 0-8050-8728-1

1. United States—Foreign relations—1989– 2. United States—Military policy. 3. United States—Politics and government—1989– I. Title.

E840.J633 2007

973.931—dc22 2006047200

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Originally published in hardcover in 2006 by Metropolitan Books

First Holt Paperbacks Edition 2008

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