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America's shadow : an anatomy of empire / William V. Spanos.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spanos, William V.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Influence.
- Imperialism--History--20th century.
- Imperialism.
- East and West.
- Postmodernism--Political aspects--United States.
- Postmodernism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (313 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A study of imperialism that stretches from ancient Rome to the post-Cold War world and focuses on the Vietnam War, this provocative work boldly revises our assumptions about the genealogy of the West.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Ontological Origins of Occidental Imperialism: Thinking the Meta of Metaphysics; 2. Culture and Colonization: The Imperial Imperatives of the Centered Circle; 3. Vietnam and the Pax Americana: A Genealogy of the ""New World Order""; 4. ""Theory"" and the End of History: Rethinking Postmodernity; 5. Thinking in the Interregnum: Prolegomenon to a Spectral Politics; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-272) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-9021-9
- 0-8166-5294-5
- OCLC:
- 191953073
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