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Book SynopsisAn essential critique of the world of the 21st century, moving from the Cold War to the present
Trade Review'A brilliant meditation on the nature of the American empire. Few books I've read on recent US foreign policy cut both as deep and as broadly as this one' -- Professor Marilyn Young, New York University
'A fine example of how to write contemporary history. His book spans the years of our new longest war with insight and, by making essential connections between politics and culture, provides readers with a real understanding of the dilemmas of the American empire' -- Professor Lloyd Gardner, Rutgers University
'A majestic work, moving from the Cold War to now, to explore how our narratives of 'history', 'justice', and 'freedom' are manipulated by the US Government in the pursuit of its global objectives' -- Professor William S. Lucas, University of Birmingham
Table of Contents1. Broad Contexts
2. Framing September 11: Rhetorical Device and Photographic Opinion
3. Orientalism and the Anti-American Sentiment
4. War and Just War: Terrorism and Afghanistan
5. The United States and Iraq: ‘One Can do Nothing About the Past’
6. Iraq and Vietnam: The Unbearable Weight of Defeat
7. The Tipping Point: Between Bring ’em on and Going South
8. Imperial Frustrations
Bibliography
Notes
Index
