The apathy of empire : Cambodia in American geopolitics / James A. Tyner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tyner, James A., 1966- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Cambodia--Influence.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Geopolitics--United States--History--20th century.

Geopolitics.

United States--Relations--Cambodia.

United States.

Cambodia--Relations--United States.

Cambodia.

Cambodia--Strategic aspects.

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.

Physical Description:

346 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Cambodia in American geopolitics

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Theoretically informed and thoroughly documented, The Apathy of Empire argues that U.S. military intervention in Cambodia evinced America's efforts to construct a hegemonic spatial world order. James A. Tyner demonstrates that America's expansionist policies abroad, often bolstered by military power, were not so much about occupying territory but instead constituted the construction of a new normal for the exercise of state power"-- Provided by publisher.

"What America's intervention in Cambodia during the Vietnam War reveals about Cold War-era U.S. national security strategy The Apathy of Empire reveals just how significant Cambodia was to U.S. policy in Indochina during the Vietnam War, broadening the lens to include more than the often-cited incursion in 1970 or the illegal bombing after the Paris Peace Accords in 1973. This theoretically informed and thoroughly documented case study argues that U.S. military intervention in Cambodia revealed America's efforts to construct a hegemonic spatial world order. James Tyner documents the shift of America's post-1945 focus from national defense to national security. He demonstrates that America's expansionist policies abroad, often bolstered by military power, were not so much about occupying territory but instead constituted the construction of a new normal for the exercise of state power. During the Cold War, Vietnam became the geopolitical lodestar of this unfolding spatial order. And yet America's grand strategy was one of contradiction: to build a sovereign state (South Vietnam) based on democratic liberalism, it was necessary to protect its boundaries-in effect, to isolate it-through both covert and overt operations in violation of Cambodia's sovereignty. The latter was deemed necessary for the former. Questioning reductionist geopolitical understandings of states as central or peripheral, Tyner explores this paradox to rethink the formulation of the Cambodian war as sideshow, revealing it instead as a crucial site for the formation of this new normal. Retail e-book files for this title are screen-reader friendly"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Into the breach

Bracketing war

Bordering war

Aterritorial wars

A widening war

The perfidy of geopolitics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Tyner, James A., 1966- Apathy of empire

ISBN:

9781517915087

1517915082

9781517915094

1517915090

OCLC:

1402811955

Publisher Number:

99996445200