USA: The Ruthless Empire

By: Daniele Ganser

Narrated by: Chuck Constant

Empires rise and fall; they do not last.

In the eyes of many, the US exerts the strongest destabilizing influence on world events, and thus presents the greatest threat to world peace. World power #1 hasn’t acquired this top position by chance. Since 1945, no other nation has bombed as many other countries or toppled as many governments as the US. It maintains the most military bases, exports the most weapons, and has the highest defense budget in the world. USA: The Ruthless Empire explains the background factors, motives, and resources of this world power.

©2020 Daniele Ganser (P)2023 Skyhorse Audio

Critic reviews

“Daniele Ganser has long been one of the few Western academics courageous enough to chronicle the deep politics of US imperialism. With great alacrity and erudition, USA: The Ruthless Empire presents a riveting critique of world history's most powerful and dangerous empire—a must-read for anyone concerned about world peace and the continued existence of human civilization.”—Aaron Good, PhD, author of American Exception: Empire and the Deep State

“This book comes at a critical time when we as Americans are being groomed to fear the Russian ‘empire’ and the Chinese ‘empire,’ and to prepare for war with either or both of these countries. However, after reading this crucial history, you will see that this has all been a matter of psychological projection—that the real empire, and a quite vicious one at that, is the United States. As Ganser so eloquently explains, our own nation is the one that needs to be tamed before it is too late, and we are the only ones who can do it.”—Dan Kovalik, labor and human rights lawyer, and author of No More War: How the West Violates International Law by Using 'Humanitarian' Intervention to Advance Economic and Strategic Interests

“In his new book USA: The Ruthless Empire, Daniele Ganser examines the West's self-portrayal as the ‘Free West,’ an enlightened and well-meaning defender of freedom, human rights and democracy around the world. Ganser provides solid facts to critically question the worldview that the leading media imposes on us daily.”—Hannes Sies, scharf links

The unemotional and reasonable approach

I liked the constant reminder of All people belong to the human family. I is very well researched and informative.

Peace Sells, But Who's Buying?

"They love the smell of killing, the flesh
Gorging til they've had their fill of success..."
- Mick Jagger

This is a good book full of a lot of good information, and is told from a viewpoint skeptical of the mainstream historical narrative, and open-minded to conspiracy theories. However, I don't think the book demonstrates enough why the USA is a ruthless empire. Don't get me wrong, it is. I just don't think the author makes that case extensively enough.

Oh, he shows the USA is an empire. But why does he consider it ruthless?

The US government (and thank you to the author for stating that America is more than just the USA) murders its own people, steals from them, abuses them, poisons them, and spies on them. It has done the same to dozens of other countries and millions of innocent people worldwide for decades. The book relays major events in US history that shows it is an empire, and has been since the end of WW2. I just don't know why the author considers it ruthless.

Ruthless - Having no compassion or pity.

Clearly the US empire fits this description. This is a murderous, barbarous government that fire bombed Dresden, defoliated Vietnam, murdered conquered Germans in Rhine Meadows death camps, starved Iraqis to death, and has funded the genocide of Palestinians.

I'd recommend this book. I just wish there were more examples of actual ruthlessness, and a little less spent on wikipedia entries and other stuff that doesn't really fit the topic.