{"product_id":"deadly-contradictions-the-new-american-empire-and-global-warring-9781785330797","title":"Deadly Contradictions: The New American Empire","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAs US imperialism continues to dictate foreign policy, \u003cem\u003eDeadly Contradictions\u003c\/em\u003e 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, but not without raising their own set of deadly contradictions. This book can be read many ways: as a polemic against geopolitics, as a classic social anthropological text, or as a seminal analysis of twenty-four US global wars during the Cold War and post-Cold War eras.\u003cbr\u003e \t \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is an amazing book, a page-turner, a true game-changer, one of those grand oeuvres that an academic discipline produces once a decade at best.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Patrick Neveling\u003c\/strong\u003e, Cultural Anthropology, Utrecht University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This book is certainly a tour de force … it [offers] a fresh theoretical approach that is rigorously tested in terms of evidence and against alternative interpretations … a profoundly critical work.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• John Gledhill\u003c\/strong\u003e, Social Anthropology, University of Manchester\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tPreface\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tGlossary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t \u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: THEORY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Global Warring Theory: A Critical Structural Realist Approach\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Imperialism: ‘A Monster of Energy’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: PLAUSIBILITY 1: NEW AMERICAN EMPIRE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e A Real Shape Shifter: American Empire 1783-1944\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e ‘Present at the Creation’: Constituting the New American Empire 1945-1950\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III: PLAUSIBILITY 2: CONTRADICTION AND REPRODUCTION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Burdens of Empire: Contradictions and Reproductive Vulnerabilities\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART IV: PLAUSIBILITY 3: GLOBAL WARRING\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e After the Sunset Came the Night: Global Warring, 1950-1974\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e ‘The Times They Are A-Changin’: Global Warring, 1975-1989\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Perfect Storm: A Tale of Two Elites\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e World Warring 1990-2014: The Middle Eastern Theater\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e World Warring 1990-2014: The Other Theaters\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Journey’s End\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tReferences\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042350661975,"sku":"9781785330797","price":118.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781785330797.jpg?v=1750953983","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/deadly-contradictions-the-new-american-empire-and-global-warring-9781785330797","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}