A world of enemies : America's wars at home and abroad from Kennedy to Biden / Osamah F. Khalil.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Khalil, Osamah F., 1971- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

Drug control--History--20th century.

Drug control.

Drug control--History--21st century.

United States--Foreign relations--20th century.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--21st century.

United States--Military policy.

United States--Politics and government--20th century.

United States--Politics and government--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (396 pages) : maps

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

America's wars at home and abroad from Kennedy to Biden

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2024]

Summary:

In US foreign policy, conflict has replaced diplomacy. At home, wars on crime, drugs, immigration, and terrorism dissolve barriers between law enforcement and combat. Tracing the origins of militarized policy to post-Vietnam fears of waning US power, Osamah Khalil argues that it is time to discard forever wars and invest in political solutions.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of Maps

Prologue

Part I. The Firemen

Chapter 1. Vietnam's Long Shadow

Chapter 2. Nixon's Wars and the Long 1970s

Chapter 3. Civilization's Thin Line and the Fear of Decline

Part II. Badlands

Chapter 4. The Limits of Primacy

Chapter 5. Constructing Global Terrorism and the Long War for Civilization

Chapter 6. Dark Lands and the Geography of Empire

Epilogue

Archival Sources

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Khalil, Osamah F., 1971- World of enemies.

ISBN:

0-674-29687-7

0-674-29688-5

OCLC:

1425791749