American military presence in 1996 mirrors Roman imperial scale
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- The Grand Chessboard - American Primacy And Its Geostrategic whole source · open book
It is striking to note that in 1996, the vastly more populous supreme power, America, was protecting the outer reaches of its dominion by stationing 296,000 professional soldiers overseas.
chapter: CHAPTER 1 - Hegemony of a New Type