This book offers a broader and deeper examination of the dynamics of U. S. Imperialism than previous books. Petras analyzes imperialism not only as economic domination, showing that its impact in the world takes many forms, including cultural, political, and historical.
This book offers a broader and deeper examination of the dynamics of U. S. Imperialism than previous books. Petras analyzes imperialism not only as economic domination, showing that its impact in the world takes many forms, including cultural, political, and historical.
James Petras is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Binghamton University. He is the author of over sixty books on the dynamics of global power and Latin American development. They include Power and Resistance: US Imperialism in Latin America and Imperialism and Capitalism in the 21st Century.
Inhaltsangabe
Part I: Historical background 1. US global power in the 21st century 2. Fifty years of imperial wars 3. Empire or vampire? 4. A century of wars that were lost Part II: Structure of empire 5.Foundations of the US empire 6. Networks of empire and realignments of world power 7. Imperial power centers Part III: Political economy of empire 8. Democracy and world power 9. Imperial wars and domestic epidemics 10. The Pentagon and big oil 11. Soaring profits and soaring social costs 12. Putting an end to the welfare state 13. Imperial recovery and disappearing workers 14. Global empire and internal colonialism 15. Immigration 16. Imperialists' fear and loathing...of being colonized Part IV: Geopolitics of empire 17. Dis-accumulation on a global scale 18. Washington's two-track policy 19. The United States' Grand Strategy toward China 20. Remapping the Middle East 21. The offensive against Venezuela 22. The sun never sets but the mote remains 23. The emperor's rage Part V: Ideology of Empire 24. The Harvard school of empire-building 25. Lies and deceptions on the left 26. An Empire Built on Fear at Home and Abroad 27. Imperial road to conquest 28. Mapping Trump's empire: assets and liabilities 29. Latin America in the Time of Trump 30. Trump's Protectionism 31. Trump marches onwards and downwards 32. Trump against the world order 33. A Decalogue of American Empire-Building.
Part I: Historical background 1. US global power in the 21st century 2. Fifty years of imperial wars 3. Empire or vampire? 4. A century of wars that were lost Part II: Structure of empire 5.Foundations of the US empire 6. Networks of empire and realignments of world power 7. Imperial power centers Part III: Political economy of empire 8. Democracy and world power 9. Imperial wars and domestic epidemics 10. The Pentagon and big oil 11. Soaring profits and soaring social costs 12. Putting an end to the welfare state 13. Imperial recovery and disappearing workers 14. Global empire and internal colonialism 15. Immigration 16. Imperialists' fear and loathing...of being colonized Part IV: Geopolitics of empire 17. Dis-accumulation on a global scale 18. Washington's two-track policy 19. The United States' Grand Strategy toward China 20. Remapping the Middle East 21. The offensive against Venezuela 22. The sun never sets but the mote remains 23. The emperor's rage Part V: Ideology of Empire 24. The Harvard school of empire-building 25. Lies and deceptions on the left 26. An Empire Built on Fear at Home and Abroad 27. Imperial road to conquest 28. Mapping Trump's empire: assets and liabilities 29. Latin America in the Time of Trump 30. Trump's Protectionism 31. Trump marches onwards and downwards 32. Trump against the world order 33. A Decalogue of American Empire-Building.
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