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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821457203321

Titolo

Masters of war : militarism and blowback in the era of American empire / / edited by Carl Boggs ; with a foreword by Ted Rall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-136-72792-2

0-415-94499-6

1-315-02435-7

1-136-72785-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (375 p.)

Collana

New Political Science Reader

Altri autori (Persone)

BoggsCarl

Disciplina

355/.033573

Soggetti

Imperialism - Social aspects - United States

Imperialism

Intervention (International law)

Militarism - United States

United States Foreign relations Philosophy

United States Foreign relations 1989-

United States Military policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Masters of War; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction: Empire and Globalization; Part I: The Expanding U.S. Imperial Domain; 1 The Logic of U.S. Intervention; 2 Oil Politics and U.S.Militarism in the Middle East; 3 Star Wars: Imperialism in Space; 4 The Geopolitics of Plan Colombia; Part II: Empire, Militarism, and Terrorism; 5 American Militarism and Blowback; 6 Wars of Terror; 7 The Dialectics of Terrorism; 8 Outlaw Nation: the Legacy of U.S. War Crimes ; Part III: The Militarized Society; 9 Postmodern Military and Permanent War

10 Mass Media: Aiding and Abetting Militarism11 Patriarchal Militarism; 12 Empire of Death and the Plague of Civic Violence; 13 Militarism and Family Terrorism; 14 The Hollywood War Machine; Conclusion: The Real Axis of Evil; Contributors; Index



Sommario/riassunto

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.