Empire versus democracy: the triumph of corporate and military power

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Foreword; Preface; Introduction; I. Democracy-or Oligarchy?; II. Corporate Dominion; III. The Permanent War System; IV. National Security State; V. The Electoral Mirage; Conclusion: A Democratic Alternative?; References; Glossary/Index

In Empire Versus Democracy, Carl Boggs traces the authoritarian trajectory of American politics since World War II, with emphasis on the growing concentration of corporate and military power that has accompanied the United States assumption of leading superpower on the world scene. The rise of the U.S. as unchallenged imperial nation has meant the steady expansion of a permanent war economy and security state that, working in tandem with large business interests, has led to proliferation of American armed-forces bases around the world, recurrent military interventions, swollen government burea

Democracy or oligarchy? -- Corporate dominion -- Permanent war system -- National security-state -- The electoral mirage -- Conclusion: a democratic alternative?