Selling US wars / edited by Achin Vanaik ; foreword by Tariq Ali.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vanaik, Achin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations--1989-.

United States.

International relations.

United States--Military policy.

Military policy.

Physical Description:

xiii, 370 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Northampton, Mass. : Olive Branch Press, 2007.

Summary:

The real reasons for the war In Iraq--"control of all pricing and policies, expansion of US power, establishment of US bases in the strategic Middle East, defense of Israel--"were kept hidden from the American people. Instead, justifications for the illegal war were cloaked in the high-sounding slogans of "fighting the war on terrorism," "keeping nuclear weapons out of the hands of rogue states," and finally, "bringing democracy to the Middle East."

Contents:

Foreword / Tariq Ali

Introduction / Achin Vanaik

The capitalist conjuncture : overaccumulation, financial crises, and the retreat from globalization / Walden Bello

Manufacturing common sense, or cultural hegemony for beginners / Susan George

The iron click : American exceptionalism and US empire / Mike Marqusee

Political terrorism & the US imperial project / Achin Vanaik

The empire of fear / Zia Mian

Humanitarian intervention & US hegemony : a reconceptualization / Mariano Aguirre

And the name for our profits is democracy / Phyllis Bennis

Something out there : state weakness as imperial pretext / David Sogge

The internationalization of the war on drugs : illicit drugs as moral evil & useful enemy / David Bewley-Taylor & Martin Jelsma

Conclusion / Achin Vanaik.

Notes:

"A TNI Book"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliograhical references (pages 329-360) and index.

ISBN:

1566566681

9781566566681

OCLC:

70877886