Behind the Invasion of Iraq (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Behind the Invasion of IraqCondition: NewEAN: 9781583670934ISBN: 9781583670934Publisher: Monthly Review Press,U.S.Format: PaperbackRelease Date: 09/01/2003Item Height: 216mmItem Length: 140mmItem Width: 8mmItem Weight: 195gLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 1583670939Description: Since September 11, 2001, there have been many accounts of the ways in which the alignment of global power is changing or will be changed by the U.S. "war on terrorism." Most of them take as their starting point the options facing the wealthy and powerful nations of the world seeking to control an ever larger share of the world's resources. Behind the Invasion of Iraq is written from a different perspective, and one that makes possible a far more comprehensive point of view. Its authors, the Research Unit for Political Economy, based in Mumbai, India, are rooted in the politics of a Third World country which has long been on the receiving end of imperialist power. As a consequence, they have a more sober view of the workings of global power. In clear and accessible prose, weighing the evidence carefully and tracing events to their root causes, they move beyond moral outrage to a clear view of the process being set in motion by the U.S. led invasion of Iraq. They show that the invasion of Iraq is a desperate gamble by a section of American capital to secure their hold on power that is driven by the wish to stave off economic crisis through military means.Their efforts will not end with Iraq, but will require the recolonization of the Middle East. Behind the Invasion of Iraq exposes the idea that war will bring democracy to the middle East as so much propaganda. In a context where so many rulers are themselves clients of the United States, the war is aimed not at the rulers but at the masses of ordinary people whose hostility to imperialism has not been broken even by corrupt and autocratic rulers. This book describes the remaking of global power with a truly global awareness of what is at stake.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Law & PoliticsAuthor: No AuthorRelease Year: 2003 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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