I usually avoid self-published books about politics. I'm not sure why. Maybe I've been conditioned to think less highly of them, that without a string of degrees or other intellectual bona fides on the jacket, the book's scholarship will somehow not be up to snuff, or maybe the lack of a publisher indicates a literary prowess not quite ready for prime time. Despite this admitted intellectual snobbery, every so often I come across a self-published work that is impressive enough to make me want to recommend it to others. "Full Spectrum Dominance" by F. William Engdahl is just such a book.
The book's title comes from the name given by the Pentagon to "a military strategy for domination of the entire planet," a strategy whose agenda seeks "to control everything everywhere including the high seas, land, air, space and even outer space and cyberspace." Despite the sensationalism implied by the title, "Full Spectrum Dominance" contains little in the way of "hair on fire" histrionics. As Engdahl notes, the book isn't so much an expos