Empire's Ally : : Canada and the War in Afghanistan / / Greg Albo, Jerome Klassen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Klassen, Jerome ,; Albo, Greg,
• MitwirkendeR: Albo, Greg,; Elmer, Jon,; Fenton, Anthony,; Gordon, Todd,; Hanieh, Adam,; Joya, Angela,; Kellogg, Paul,; Klassen, Jerome,; O’Keefe, Derrick,; Podur, Justin,; Razack, Sherene H.,; Renaud, Benoit,; Skinner, Michael,; Squires, Jessica,; Warnock, John W.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2022]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (432 p.) :; 5 b&w illustrations

The war in Afghanistan has been a major policy commitment and central undertaking of the Canadian state since 2001: Canada has been a leading force in the war, and has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on aid and reconstruction. After a decade of conflict, however, there is considerable debate about the efficacy of the mission, as well as calls to reassess Canada’s role in the conflict. An authoritative and strongly analytical work, Empire’s Ally provides a much-needed critical investigation into one of the most polarizing events of our time.This collection draws on new primary evidence – including government documents, think tank and NGO reports, international media files, and interviews in Afghanistan – to provide context for Canadian foreign policy, to offer critical perspectives on the war itself, and to link the conflict to broader issues of political economy, international relations, and Canada’s role on the world stage. Spanning academic and public debates, Empire’s Ally opens a new line of argument on why the mission has entered a stage of crisis.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: Empire, Afghanistan, and Canadian Foreign Policy -- PART I Afghanistan, Empire, and the ‘War on Terror’ -- 2 Afghanistan and Empire -- 3 A ‘Single War’: The Political Economy of Intervention in the Middle East and Central Asia -- 4 The Empire of Capital and the Latest Inning of the Great Game -- 5 Methods of Empire: State Building, Development, and War in Afghanistan -- PART II The Political Economy of Canadian Foreign Policy -- 6 From the Avro Arrow to Afghanistan: The Political Economy of Canadian Militarism -- 7 Canada in the Third World: The Political Economy of Intervention -- 8 Fewer Illusions: Canadian Foreign Policy since 2001 -- PART III Canada’s War in Afghanistan -- 9 Failed States and Canada’s 3D Policy in Afghanistan -- 10 Building an Expeditionary Force for Democracy Promotion -- 11 Incompatible Objectives: Counterinsurgency and Development in Afghanistan -- 12 From the Somalia Affair to Canada’s Afghan Detainee Torture Scandal: How Stories of Torture Defi ne the Nation -- PART IV The Anti-war Movement in Canada -- 13 Québec Solidaire and the Anti-war Movement -- 14 Bringing Ottawa’s Warmakers to Heel: The Anti-war Movement in Canada -- Contributors -- Index