Sorrows of Empire

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book non-fiction book political analysis book

Sorrows of Empire is a political analysis book that critiques U.S. militarism and imperial expansion as part of The American Empire Project series.

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Label	Occurrences
The Sorrows of Empire	2
Sorrows of Empire canonical	1

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Target entity: Sorrows of Empire
Context triple: [The American Empire Project, notableWorkInSeries, Sorrows of Empire]

A. The Arts of War
The Arts of War is a pair of monumental equestrian bronze sculptures by Leo Friedlander that symbolize martial valor and sacrifice, installed at the Washington, D.C. entrance to Arlington Memorial Bridge.
B. Sinews of Peace
Sinews of Peace is the 1946 speech by Winston Churchill, delivered in Fulton, Missouri, that famously introduced the term "Iron Curtain" to describe the division of postwar Europe.
C. The Truce
The Truce is a memoir by Primo Levi recounting his long, circuitous journey home through war-torn Europe after his liberation from Auschwitz.
D. Saviors
Saviors is a studio album by Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong’s band, known for its politically charged punk rock sound and socially conscious themes.
E. The Rebellion
The Rebellion is an organized supporters’ group known for passionately backing the New England Revolution Major League Soccer team.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sorrows of Empire
Target entity description: Sorrows of Empire is a political analysis book that critiques U.S. militarism and imperial expansion as part of The American Empire Project series.

A. The Arts of War
The Arts of War is a pair of monumental equestrian bronze sculptures by Leo Friedlander that symbolize martial valor and sacrifice, installed at the Washington, D.C. entrance to Arlington Memorial Bridge.
B. Sinews of Peace
Sinews of Peace is the 1946 speech by Winston Churchill, delivered in Fulton, Missouri, that famously introduced the term "Iron Curtain" to describe the division of postwar Europe.
C. The Truce
The Truce is a memoir by Primo Levi recounting his long, circuitous journey home through war-torn Europe after his liberation from Auschwitz.
D. Saviors
Saviors is a studio album by Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong’s band, known for its politically charged punk rock sound and socially conscious themes.
E. The Rebellion
The Rebellion is an organized supporters’ group known for passionately backing the New England Revolution Major League Soccer team.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ political analysis book ⓘ
argues	U.S. militarism threatens American democracy ⓘ permanent war footing undermines the U.S. republic ⓘ
author	Chalmers Johnson ⓘ
authorOfForeword	John W. Dower ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticizes	U.S. imperial expansion ⓘ U.S. militarism ⓘ
follows	Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire ⓘ
genre	U.S. foreign policy ⓘ international relations ⓘ political non-fiction ⓘ
identifies	military expansion as a driver of empire ⓘ secrecy as a feature of U.S. imperial power ⓘ
includedIn	The American Empire Project ⓘ surface form: The American Empire Project book series
language	English ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
nonFictionSubject	history ⓘ international relations ⓘ politics ⓘ
notableWorkOf	Chalmers Johnson ⓘ
originalTitle	The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic ⓘ
pageCount	400 (approximate) ⓘ
partOf	The American Empire Project ⓘ
placesEmphasisOn	global network of U.S. military bases ⓘ
precedes	Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic ⓘ
publicationYear	2004 ⓘ
publisher	Henry Holt and Company ⓘ Metropolitan Books ⓘ
series	The American Empire Project ⓘ
subject	American empire ⓘ American imperialism ⓘ U.S. foreign policy ⓘ U.S. militarism ⓘ military bases ⓘ military–industrial complex ⓘ
subtitle	The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic ⓘ surface form: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic
topic	Pentagon policy ⓘ U.S. overseas military bases ⓘ civil liberties in the United States ⓘ national security state ⓘ
warnsOf	decline of the American republic ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The American Empire Project → notableWorkInSeries → Sorrows of Empire ⓘ

Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic → follows → Sorrows of Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Sorrows of Empire

Chalmers Johnson → notableWork → Sorrows of Empire ⓘ