Deadly Contradictions : : The New American Empire and Global Warring /

Deadly Contradictions : : The New American Empire and Global Warring / / Stephen P. Reyna.

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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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Reyna, Stephen P.,
Place / Publishing House:New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2016]
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (668 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • 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 1950–1974
  • Chapter 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

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