Synopses & Reviews
Imperial nations advance their own interests by exploiting other societies. To those on the receiving end this is obvious, while inside the empire, a powerful ideological system of justification tends to hide all but the worst excess.
Carl Boggs argues that the USA began life two centuries ago as a nascent colonialist regime plundering and conquering the Native Tribes. The Indian wars were followed by perpetual militarism and warfare fuelled by a deep sense of national exceptionalism. The Crimes Of Empire examines several trends in this process, and illustrates the new depths plumbed since 9/11.
Violation of international agreements, treaties and laws and the use of prohibited weapons, support for death squads and torture are just some of the practices that Boggs highlights as he shows how technical superiority and media control prolong the American nightmare.
Synopsis
'Baghdad Bulletin takes us where mainstream news accounts do not go. Disrupting the easy cliches that dominate US journalism, Enders blows away the media fog of war.' Norman Soloman
About the Author
Sebastian Dullien is a Professor of International Economics at HTW Berlin - University of Applied Sciences. He is Senior Fellow of the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS) at the Johns Hopkins University. Hansjorg Herr is a Professor at the Berlin School of Economics. He is the author of one of Germany’s leading economics text books. Christian Kellermann is the Director of the Nordic Office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) in Stockholm. Before joining the FES, he worked as a financial market analyst in Frankfurt and New York.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Peter McClaren * Preface * Introduction * 1. Crimes Against Peace * 2. Warfare Against Civilians * 3. War Crimes By Proxy * 4. Weapons Of Mass Destruction * 5. A Tale Of Broken Treaties * 6. War-Crimes Tribunals: Imperial Justice * 7. Torture And Other Atrocities * Conclusion: Empire Or Survival? * Postscript: The Routinization Of Mass Murder * Index *