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The Crimes of Empire: Rogue Superpower and World Domination
Carl Boggs
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Description for The Crimes of Empire: Rogue Superpower and World Domination
Hardback. A history of US imperialism that uncovers the ever present exploitation, violence and media control that have marked the last two decades of empire. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
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.
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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.
... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745329468
SKU
V9780745329468
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About Carl Boggs
Carl Boggs is Professor of Social Sciences at National University in Los Angeles. He has written numerous books, including The Crimes of Empire (Pluto, 2010) and Imperial Delusions: American Militarism and Endless War (2005). He has received the Charles McCoy Career Achievement Award from the American Political Science Association. Peter McLaren is world-renowned in the fields of education ... Read more
Reviews for The Crimes of Empire: Rogue Superpower and World Domination
'Distinguished scholar Carl Boggs's brilliant historical survey of US empire-building highlights the centrality of violence, lawlessness, and self-serving 'humanitarian' ideology, from colonial times to the current wars in Asia'
James Petras, Bartle Professor Emeritus, Binghamton University 'Relentless, unflinching, and irrefutable. This book performs a genuine service for truth and democracy, an education for every American'
Michael Parenti, author ... Read more
James Petras, Bartle Professor Emeritus, Binghamton University 'Relentless, unflinching, and irrefutable. This book performs a genuine service for truth and democracy, an education for every American'
Michael Parenti, author ... Read more