03335nam 2200553 450 991073530040332120161010011029.01-80073-940-010.1515/9781785330803(CKB)3710000000840604(EBL)4415186(MiAaPQ)EBC4415186(DE-B1597)637203(DE-B1597)9781785330803(EXLCZ)99371000000084060420161017h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierDeadly contradictions the new American empire and global warring /Stephen P. ReynaNew York ;Oxford, [England] :Berghahn,2016.©20161 online resource (606 p.)Description based upon print version of record.Print version: Reyna, Stephen P. Deadly contradictions : the new American empire and global warring. New York ; Oxford, [England] : Berghahn, c2016 xx, 586 pages 9781785330797 2015047954 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I - Theory; Chapter 1 - Global Warring Theory: A Critical Structural Realist Approach; Chapter 2 - Imperialism: ""A Monster of Energy""; Part II - Plausibility 1: New American Empire; Chapter 3 - A Real Shape-Shifter: American Empire 1783-1944; Chapter 4 - ""Present at the Creation"": Constituting the New American Empire 1945-1950; Part III - Plausibility 2: Contradiction and Reproduction; Chapter 5 - Burdens of Empire: Contradictions and Reproductive Vulnerabilities; Part IV - Plausibility 3: Global WarringChapter 6 - After the Sunset Came the Night: Global Warring 1950-1974Chapter 7 - ""The Times They Are A-Changin'"": Global Warring 1975-1989; Chapter 8 - The Perfect Storm: A Tale of Two Elites; Chapter 9 - World Warring 1990-2014: The Middle Eastern Theater; Chapter 10 - World Warring 1990-2014: The Other Theaters; Chapter 11 - Journey's End; References; IndexAs US imperialism continues to dictate foreign policy, Deadly Contradictions is a compelling account of the American empire. Stephen P. Reyna argues that contemporary forms of violence exercised by American elites in the colonies, client state, and regions of interest have deferred imperial problems, but not without raising their own set of deadly contradictions. This book can be read many ways: as a polemic against geopolitics, as a classic social anthropological text, or as a seminal analysis of twenty-four US global wars during the Cold War and post-Cold War eras.  World politics1945-1989World politics1989-War and societyUnited StatesForeign relations1945-1989United StatesForeign relations1989-United StatesMilitary policyWorld politicsWorld politicsWar and society.327.7300904Reyna Stephen P.938438MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910735300403321Deadly contradictions2615596UNINA