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Humanitarian Violence: The U.S. Deployment of Diversity

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Description for Humanitarian Violence: The U.S. Deployment of Diversity Paperback. Series: Difference Incorporated. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTR; JFFJ; JFSL; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.

When is a war not a war? When it is undertaken in the name of democracy, against the forces of racism, sexism, and religious and political persecution? This is the new world of warfare that Neda Atanasoski observes in Humanitarian Violence, different in name from the old imperialism but not so different in kind. In particular, she considers U.S. militarism—humanitarian militarism—during the Vietnam War, the Soviet-Afghan War, and the 1990s wars of secession in the former Yugoslavia.

What this book brings to light—through novels, travel narratives, photojournalism, films, news media, and political rhetoric—is in fact a system of postsocialist imperialism based ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Difference Incorporated
Condition
New
Weight
333g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816680948
SKU
V9780816680948
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About Neda Atanasoski
Neda Atanasoski is associate professor of feminist studies at the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Reviews for Humanitarian Violence: The U.S. Deployment of Diversity
"With clear and astute arguments that are executed with force and lucidity, Neda Atanasoski offers a wonderfully rich comparative study of postsocialist regions whose histories have been intertwined in various ways with American discursive and material practices and politics. The sustained focus on these kinds of U.S. historical impulses and their complex connections to Eastern Europe is a highly original ... Read more

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