The empire seems unassailable, but the empire is weak - and precisely
because of its imperial ambitions. Walden Bello dissects the dilemmas
confronting America in its quest for global domination. Despite the
enormity of the U.S. defence budget, American forces are already
overextended - and will become more so as each local 'victory' breeds
simmering resistance. The empire faces looming economic breakdown, the
result of its gargantuan military costs, record-breaking budget
deficits, and exploitative trade and investment relations. On the
political front, bitter disillusionment is spreading in response to
America's failure to champion liberal democracy, crony capitalism and
gross inequalities of income.
Dilemmas of Domination reveals a not-too-distant future in which the
empire's hidden weaknesses will yield fatal challenges to American
supremacy.