= the book ''American Empire'' - related stuff = * http://www.spintechmag.com/9912/js1299.htm = The concept of an American empire = * http://www.nationalreview.com/hanson/hanson112702.asp - Specifically the mindset Bacevich (right or wrong) attacks for two-hundred-and-some odd pages. * http://www.independent.org/tii/content/pubs/review/books/tir54_johnson.html