Incoherent empire / Michael Mann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mann, Michael, 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imperialism.

Militarism--United States.

Militarism.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--2001-2009.

International relations.

United States--Military policy.

Military policy.

United States--Foreign economic relations.

International economic relations.

Physical Description:

viii, 278 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Verso, 2003.

Summary:

In this book noted sociologist Michael Mann argues that the "new American imperialism" is actually a new militarism that will bring disaster to the US and the world. The US is a military giant, better at devastating than pacifying countries. It is politically schizophrenic, split between multilateralism, unilateralism, and an actual inability to rule over foreign lands or control its own supposed client states. It is only a back-seat driver of the global economy, not steering but prodding poorer countries toward an unproductive and unpopular neoliberalism. Finally, it is an ideological phantom, proclaiming attractive values of freedom, democracy, and material plenty to the world, which its militarism brutally contradicts. Dissecting the military, economic, and political resources of the US, Mann concludes they are so lacking in comparison to earlier empires, and so uneven, as to generate only an incoherent empire and increasing world disorder.

Contents:

Introduction: The New Imperialism 1

1 The Military Giant 18

2 The Economic Back-Seat Driver 49

3 The Political Schizophrenic 80

4 The Ideological Phantom 100

5 The War in Afghanistan 123

6 The War Against (Muslim) Terrorism 159

7 The War Against Rogue States and North Korea 194

8 Iraq Attack 206

9 The New Militarism 252.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1859845827

OCLC:

52783147