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Globalization of American fear culture : the empire in the twenty-first century / Geoffrey R. Skoll.

Globalization of American Fear Culture traces the parallel development of three historical institutions: the generation of fear for controlling people, the US empire, and global capitalism. Through historical accounts and dialectical analysis the book offers the argument that a fear culture, US hege...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Skoll, Geoffrey R., 1948- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Subjects:
United States > Foreign relations > 20th century.
United States > Foreign relations > 21st century.
Insurgency > United States > History.
Democracy > United States > History.
National security > United States > History.
Terrorism > United States > Prevention > History.
Capitalism > Political aspects > United States.
Hegemony > United States.
Security, International.
Capitalism > Political aspects.
Democracy.
Diplomatic relations.
Hegemony.
Insurgency.
National security.
Terrorism > Prevention.
United States.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: globalization of American fear culture: the empire in the twenty-first century
  • Construction of fear culture in the United States from Red scares to terrorism
  • American imperialism and the fear culture: four wars
  • 1968
  • Taking over the imperial mantle
  • Spreading the fear: the global empire
  • Terror, terrorism, and 9/11: the globalized culture of fear
  • Things to fear: real threats to people and the world
  • Current chaos: the collapsing world system of capitalism
  • Stopping the fear: resistance against the fear culture or what everyone needs to know.

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