The crimes of empire : rogue superpower and world domination / Carl Boggs ; foreword by Peter McLaren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boggs, Carl.

Contributor:

McLaren, Peter, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press ; New York : Distributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Imperial Nations advance their own interests by exploiting other societies. To those on the receiving end this is obvious, while inside the empire, a powerful ideological system of justification tends to hide all but the worst excess.Carl Boggs argues that that the US began life two centuries ago as a nascent colonialist regime plundering and conquering the Native Tribes. The Indian wars were followed by perpetual militarism and warfare fuelled by a deep sense of national exceptionalism. The Crimes Of Empire examines several trends in this process, and illustrates the new depths plumbed since 9/11.Violation of international agreements, treaties and laws and the use of prohibited weapons, support for death squads and torture are just some of the practices that Boggs highlights as he shows how technical superiority and media control prolong the American nightmare.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781849644389

1849644381

OCLC:

656846643