Crimes of Empire - Carl Boggs

Crimes of Empire

Rogue Superpower and World Domination

; Peter McLaren (Forord)

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. Les mer
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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.



Violation of international agreements, treaties and laws, the use of prohibited weapons, support for death squads and torture are just some of the practices that America uses to prove technical superiority and media control, thus prolonging the American nightmare.
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Forlag: Pluto Press
 Innbinding: Paperback
Språk: Engelsk
Sider: 320
ISBN: 9780745329451
Format: 22 x 14 cm
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«'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'»

«'Relentless, unflinching, and irrefutable. This book performs a genuine service for truth and democracy, an education for every American'»

«'Americans think others commit war crimes. Every American who believes in their country's greatness should read Crimes of Empire. By refusing to let war crimes pass unnoticed, Carl Boggs has done humankind a tremendous service'»

Foreword by Peter McLaren


Preface


Introduction


1. Crimes Against Peace


2. Warfare Against Civilians


3. War Crimes By Proxy


4. Weapons Of Mass Destruction


5. A Tale Of Broken Treaties


6. War-Crimes Tribunals: Imperial Justice


7. Torture And Other Atrocities


Conclusion: Empire Or Survival?


Postscript: The Routinization Of Mass Murder


Notes


Index
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 and social justice. He is Professor of Urban Schooling at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.