The political economy of U.S. militarism / Ismael Hossein-zadeh.
This wide-ranging, interdisciplinary analysis blends history, economics, and politics to challenge most of the prevailing accounts of the rise of U.S. militarism. While acknowledging the contributory role of some of the most widely-cited culprits (big oil, neoconservative ideology, the Zionist lobby...
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| Other title: | Political economy of US militarism. Political economy of United States militarism. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2006.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | This wide-ranging, interdisciplinary analysis blends history, economics, and politics to challenge most of the prevailing accounts of the rise of U.S. militarism. While acknowledging the contributory role of some of the most widely-cited culprits (big oil, neoconservative ideology, the Zionist lobby, and President Bush?s world outlook), this study explores the bigger, but largely submerged, picture: the political economy of war and militarism. The study is unique not only for its thorough examination of the economics of military spending, but also for its careful analysis of a series of closely related topics (petroleum, geopolitics, imperialism, terrorism, religious fundamentalism, the war in Iraq, and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict) that may appear as digressions but, in fact, help shed more light on the main investigation. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (296 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-289) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781403983428 1403983429 9781403972859 1403972850 1281365629 9781281365620 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |