The Crimes of Empire
Rogue Superpower and World Domination
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, treati…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-7453-2945-1
- EAN: 9780745329451
- Produktnummer: 5717684
- Verlag: Pluto Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Masse: H21.5 cm x B13.4 cm x D1.8 cm 404 g
- Gewicht: 404
- Sonstiges: Tertiary Education (US: College)
Über den Autor
Carl Boggs is professor of social sciences at National University in Los Angeles. He has written numerous books, including Imperial Delusions: American Militarism and Endless War (2005) and, with Tom Pollard, The Hollywood War Machine: Militarism and American Popular Culture (2006). He has received the Charles McCoy Career Achievement Award from the American Political Science Association.
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