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Deadly contradictions : the new American empire and global warring / Stephen P. Reyna.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reyna, Stephen P., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World politics--1945-1989.
- World politics.
- World politics--1989-.
- War and society.
- United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
- United States.
- United States--Foreign relations--1989-.
- United States--Military policy.
- Genre:
- Biographies
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (606 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford, [England] : Berghahn, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- As 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.
- Contents:
- 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 Warring
- Chapter 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; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781789209525
- 1789209528
- 9781800739406
- 1800739400
- OCLC:
- 1428234777
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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