The American Domination

Author : Eric S. Margolis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131801867

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American Raj by Eric S. Margolis Pdf

In 1993, political scientist Samuel Huntington turned conventional political wisdom on its head by arguing that future conflicts wouldn’t be between nations but between civilizations — notably, between the secular West and the fundamentalist Islamic world. At the same time, Eric S. Margolis was arguing the same point from a different position: that of a journalist reporting from within the Muslim world.American Rajis the culmination of Margolis’ years of boots-on-the-ground insight into the way the Muslim world really operates. It takes readers inside the thinking and worldview of anti-Western Islamic radicals throughout the Muslim world and identifies the historical, political, and religious factors that have played a major role in generating hostility toward the West. Employing the model of Britain’s imperialist hegemony in Asia, Margolis explores in fascinating detail whether the West risks a replay of the Raj experience or whether we face an entirely new world order.

Author : Alfred W. McCoy
Publisher : Haymarket Books
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781608467747

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In the Shadows of the American Century by Alfred W. McCoy Pdf

The award-winning historian delivers a “brilliant and deeply informed” analysis of American power from the Spanish-American War to the Trump Administration (New York Journal of Books). In this sweeping and incisive history of US foreign relations, historian Alfred McCoy explores America’s rise as a world power from the 1890s through the Cold War, and its bid to extend its hegemony deep into the twenty-first century. Since American dominance reached its apex at the close of the Cold War, the nation has met new challenges that it is increasingly unequipped to handle. From the disastrous invasion of Iraq to the failure of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, fracturing military alliances, and the blundering nationalism of Donald Trump, McCoy traces US decline in the face of rising powers such as China. He also offers a critique of America’s attempt to maintain its position through cyberwar, covert intervention, client elites, psychological torture, and worldwide surveillance.

Author : Kristian Williams
Publisher : South End Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Education
ISBN : 0896087530

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American Methods by Kristian Williams Pdf

A powerful indictment, American Methods is "not about Abu Ghraib; this is a book about the USA."

Author : Charles Gayarré
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : Louisiana
ISBN : UCBK:C047898377

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The American domination by Charles Gayarré Pdf

Author : Herbert I. Schiller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351715522

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Revival: Communication and Cultural Domination (1976) by Herbert I. Schiller Pdf

This title was first published in 1976. The attainment of political independence by more than ninety countries since the Second World War has directed attention to the conditions of economic helplessness and dependency that continue to frustrate the development of at least two-thirds of the world's nations. Two and sometimes three decades of disappointing efforts to extricate themselves from dependency have begun to provoke serious reappraisals in many lands about the entire concept of development. Accordingly, the time ahead will surely be a period of growing cultural-communications struggle ・ intra- and inter - nationally ・ between those seeking the end of domination and those striving to maintain it. The intention of this work is to assist, in a very modest way, in the outcome of this struggle.

Author : Ian Shapiro
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780674970069

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Politics against Domination by Ian Shapiro Pdf

Ian Shapiro makes a compelling case that the purpose of politics should be to combat domination, and he shows what this means in practice at home and abroad. This is a major work of applied political theory, a profound challenge to utopian visions, and a guide to fundamental problems of justice and distribution.

Author : Walden Bello
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2005-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1842776932

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Dilemmas of Domination by Walden Bello Pdf

This title offers a prophetic analysis of the hidden weaknesses of the American empire.

Author : Walden Bello
Publisher : Metropolitan Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781466857643

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Dilemmas of Domination by Walden Bello Pdf

From the acclaimed globalization critic, a far-reaching analysis of America's military, economic, and political vulnerability The empire seems unassailable, but the empire is weak-and precisely because of its imperial ambitions. So argues Walden Bello's provocative new book, which systematically dissects the strategic, economic, and political dilemmas confronting America as a consequence of its quest for global domination. An award-winning development expert, Bello shows how despite the enormity of the U.S. defense budget, American forces are already overextended, a condition bound to intensify as each local "victory" breeds simmering resistance and new confrontation. He points to the empire's looming economic breakdown, the result of its gargantuan military costs, record-breaking deficits, and exploitative trade and investment relations with developing countries. On the political front, he warns of the bitter disillusionment mounting around the world in response to America's failure to champion liberal democracy. Everywhere America goes, crony capitalism, hostile coercion, and gross inequalities in income eat away at expectations of justice and inclusion. A clear and prophetic examination, Dilemmas of Domination reveals a not-too-distant future in which the empire's hidden weaknesses will yield fatal challenges to American supremacy.

Author : Grant Hilliker
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173025453280

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The Politics of Reform in Peru by Grant Hilliker Pdf

Case study of the reform activity of the aprista political party in Peru to illustrate the political strategies used by the demographic left to accelerate the process of economic development and social change in Latin American countries - examines strategies and tactics for acceding to political leadership, political problems, the agrarian reform issue, etc. References.

Author : James C. Scott
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780300153569

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Domination and the Arts of Resistance by James C. Scott Pdf

"Play fool, to catch wise."--proverb of Jamaican slaves Confrontations between the powerless and powerful are laden with deception--the powerless feign deference and the powerful subtly assert their mastery. Peasants, serfs, untouchables, slaves, laborers, and prisoners are not free to speak their minds in the presence of power. These subordinate groups instead create a secret discourse that represents a critique of power spoken behind the backs of the dominant. At the same time, the powerful also develop a private dialogue about practices and goals of their rule that cannot be openly avowed. In this book, renowned social scientist James C. Scott offers a penetrating discussion both of the public roles played by the powerful and powerless and the mocking, vengeful tone they display off stage--what he terms their public and hidden transcripts. Using examples from the literature, history, and politics of cultures around the world, Scott examines the many guises this interaction has taken throughout history and the tensions and contradictions it reflects. Scott describes the ideological resistance of subordinate groups--their gossip, folktales, songs, jokes, and theater--their use of anonymity and ambiguity. He also analyzes how ruling elites attempt to convey an impression of hegemony through such devices as parades, state ceremony, and rituals of subordination and apology. Finally, he identifies--with quotations that range from the recollections of American slaves to those of Russian citizens during the beginnings of Gorbachev's glasnost campaign--the political electricity generated among oppressed groups when, for the first time, the hidden transcript is spoken directly and publicly in the face of power. His landmark work will revise our understanding of subordination, resistance, hegemony, folk culture, and the ideas behind revolt.

Author : Stephen Wertheim
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674248663

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Tomorrow, the World by Stephen Wertheim Pdf

A new history explains how and why, as it prepared to enter World War II, the United States decided to lead the postwar world. For most of its history, the United States avoided making political and military commitments that would entangle it in European-style power politics. Then, suddenly, it conceived a new role for itself as the world’s armed superpower—and never looked back. In Tomorrow, the World, Stephen Wertheim traces America’s transformation to the crucible of World War II, especially in the months prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. As the Nazis conquered France, the architects of the nation’s new foreign policy came to believe that the United States ought to achieve primacy in international affairs forevermore. Scholars have struggled to explain the decision to pursue global supremacy. Some deny that American elites made a willing choice, casting the United States as a reluctant power that sloughed off “isolationism” only after all potential competitors lay in ruins. Others contend that the United States had always coveted global dominance and realized its ambition at the first opportunity. Both views are wrong. As late as 1940, the small coterie of officials and experts who composed the U.S. foreign policy class either wanted British preeminence in global affairs to continue or hoped that no power would dominate. The war, however, swept away their assumptions, leading them to conclude that the United States should extend its form of law and order across the globe and back it at gunpoint. Wertheim argues that no one favored “isolationism”—a term introduced by advocates of armed supremacy in order to turn their own cause into the definition of a new “internationalism.” We now live, Wertheim warns, in the world that these men created. A sophisticated and impassioned narrative that questions the wisdom of U.S. supremacy, Tomorrow, the World reveals the intellectual path that brought us to today’s global entanglements and endless wars.

Author : Charles Gayarré
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : Louisiana
ISBN : UOMDLP:aja2746:0004.001

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History of Louisiana: The American domination by Charles Gayarré Pdf

Author : Zbigniew Brzezinski
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786739837

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The Choice by Zbigniew Brzezinski Pdf

The foreign policy expert offers an assessment of recent American foreign policy, arguing for a more sophisticated posture in the world that positions America as a supporter of reform and justice in the world.

Author : Alcee Fortier
Publisher : Franklin Classics Trade Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0344139867

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A History of Louisiana by Alcee Fortier Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Charles Gayarré
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783752560336

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History of Louisiana by Charles Gayarré Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1866.