Deadly Contradictions: The New American Empire and Global Warring

Stephen P. Reyna

Published by Berghahn Books 2016

Deadly Contradictions

The New American Empire and Global Warring

Stephen P. Reyna

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781785330803

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About this book

As US imperialism continues to dictate foreign policy, Deadly Contradictions is a compelling account of the American empire. Stephen P. Reyna argues that contemporary forms of violence exercised by American elites in the colonies, client state, and regions of interest have deferred imperial problems, but not without raising their own set of deadly contradictions. This book can be read many ways: as a polemic against geopolitics, as a classic social anthropological text, or as a seminal analysis of twenty-four US global wars during the Cold War and post-Cold War eras.

Author / Editor information

Stephen P. Reyna is an associate of the Max Planck Institute of Social Anthropology in Halle/Salle and Honorary Professor at the University of Manchester’s Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute. He is the co-editor of the journal Anthropological Theory.

Reviews

“This is an amazing book, a page-turner, a true game-changer, one of those grand oeuvres that an academic discipline produces once a decade at best.” · Patrick Neveling, Cultural Anthropology, Utrecht University

“This book is certainly a tour de force … it [offers] a fresh theoretical approach that is rigorously tested in terms of evidence and against alternative interpretations … a profoundly critical work.” · John Gledhill, Social Anthropology, University of Manchester

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
PREFACE Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
GLOSSARY Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
ABBREVIATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	XVIII
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I THEORY
Chapter 1 GLOBAL WARRING THEORY A Critical Structural Realist Approach Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Chapter 2 IMPERIALISM “A Monster of Energy” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
PART II PLAUSIBILITY 1: NEW AMERICAN EMPIRE
Chapter 3 A REAL SHAPE-SHIFTER American Empire 1783–1944 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Chapter 4 “PRESENT AT THE CREATION” Constituting the New American Empire 1945–1950 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
PART III PLAUSIBILITY 2: CONTRADICTION AND REPRODUCTION
Chapter 5 BURDENS OF EMPIRE Contradictions and Reproductive Vulnerabilities Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
PART IV PLAUSIBILITY 3: GLOBAL WARRING
Chapter 6 AFTER THE SUNSET CAME THE NIGHT Global Warring 1950–1974 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Chapter 7 “THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ Global Warring 1975–1989 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	204
Chapter 8 THE PERFECT STORM A Tale of Two Elites Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
Chapter 9 WORLD WARRING 1990–2014 The Middle Eastern Theater Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	316
Chapter 10 WORLD WARRING 1990–2014 The Other Theaters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	410
Chapter 11 JOURNEY’S END Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	484
REFERENCES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	502
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	580

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 668
Keywords: Peace and Conflict Studies; Anthropology (General)

eBook

Published: August 1, 2016
ISBN: 9781785330803